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The Shroppie Fly.  Canal-side pub in Audlem.

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction NE)

A walk around the village reveals pleasant black and white timber framed properties, delightful cottages, and buildings of the Victorian era when the canal system and railways came to the area...

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction SE)

Market Drayton is famous as the home of Gingerbread, and as the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India, he was educated at the Grammar School, founded in 1558, and his desk bearing his carved initials is still preserved...

Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction N)

Today, Nantwich is a busy bustling place of business and commerce that still manages to retain its unique 'Elizabethan' flavour...

The village of Grinshill, Shropshire, from the cliff of Grinshill

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction SW)

The picturesque village of Grinshill is spread beneath Grinshill Hill, an isolated rocky outcrop which rises above the plains of the Severn Valley...

Autumn at Colemere near Ellesmere, Shropshire

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction W)

Clolemere is a countryside heritage site with miles of waymarked walks circling over 70 acres of water, woodland and sweet scented meadows...

Saint Ediths Church, Shocklach, Cheshire

Shocklach (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NW)

Shocklach is a small rural hamlet set beside a tributary of the River Dee between Wrexham and Nantwich. It is a lovely agricultural area of quiet lanes stringing together pretty.....

The mere, Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere (8 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction W)

Ellesmere, has a lovely 'holiday' atmosphere which gives it an 'away from it all' feel...

Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction NE)

Crewe has always been associated with its great railway junction, and it is from this point in the "hey-day" of rail travel that Crew began to prosper...

Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction N)

Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...

Shrewsbury Abbey

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction SW)

Shrewsbury is a wonderfully atmospheric town which beguiles the visitor with sights of bygone centuries and much a great charm is to be found in its narrow streets and medieval buildings...

Potteries, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction E)

Town known best as "the potteries" but in reality Stoke-on-Trent is a 1906 amalgamation of six towns, each of which still maintain their own individuality and character...

Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (19.8 miles, 31.8 km, direction N)

The village of Delamere can be found in the midst of beautiful Cheshire countryside in an area of forests and rivers. It is perhaps best known as the home of the magnificent.....

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction NE)

The sheer scale of the height of this village with the quaint sounding name has made it famous, for it is believed that on a clear day the hill is visible to no less than five counties...

Norton lane, Norton in the moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (20.3 miles, 32.6 km, direction NE)

Norton-in-the-Moors is exactly what its name implies - it is an old village set on the side of a windswept hill with far reaching views over rolling countryside towards the Peak District...

Iron Bridge with poppies

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (21.7 miles, 34.9 km, direction S)

This town is named for the famous bridge that spans the River Severn - the world's first Iron Bridge....

River Penk Flood July 2007

Stafford (55 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (21.7 miles, 34.9 km, direction SE)

Set in a landscape of contrasts with constantly changing scenery from the Royal hunting forests of Cannock Chase to the breweries of Burton, it is pleasurable to come across the.....

Upper Bridge Street Chester - August 2009

Chester (290 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cheshire (21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction NW)

Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...

Town Hall. Congleton, Cheshire

Congleton (54 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (22.3 miles, 35.8 km, direction NE)

This lively market town stands on a bend of the River Dane, it quite possibly takes its name from the Celtic word "congle" which in English means "a bend"...

Recommended attractions near Calverhall

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction S)

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Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction S)

Picturesque Hodnet Hall stands on the bank of a small valley, it is a handsome red-brick mansion designed in the 19th-century by.....

Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction S)

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Cholmondeley Castle. A soldiers view in 1940. Tim Croft.

Cholmondeley Castle (19 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NW)

The village of Cholmondeley is famous for its fascinating, romantic castle, built in 1801 in the Gothic style. Built as the seat.....

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, taken from the outer walls of Beeston Castle.

Peckforton Castle (9 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction N)

This modern day version of a 12th-century castle is set in the heart of the Cheshire Plains, an area which is scattered with.....

Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle (41 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction N)

Set on a lonely hillside along the run of the Peckforton Hills, lie the ruins of Beeston Castle. It was built in the.....

at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction S)

These magnificent remains of an Augustinian Abbey founded by William Fitzalan in about 1135, occupy a beautiful setting in the.....

Trentham Gardens, Summer 2006.  Following the extensive restoration of the Italian Gardens

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction E)

These pictures are of the garden and lake of Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This was the former home of the.....

Monkey Forest, Trentham, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Monkey Forest (7 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction E)

This is an outstanding tourist attraction for children and adults of all ages. Here, in a vast wilderness of trees 140 Barbary.....

Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle (19 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction SW)

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Shrewsbury Abbey. Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Shrewsbury Abbey (5 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.1 km, direction S)

The site of Shrewsbury Abbey is an ancient one, quite possibly dating back to Saxon times when a wooden church would have stood.....

Oulton Park Superbikes, Oulton Park, Cheshire

Oulton Park (10 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction N)

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Dingle Gardens

The Dingle Gardens (17 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction SW)

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Attingham Park

Attingham Park (25 Pictures)

(17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction S)

An elegant 18th century mansion with regancy interiors and deer park, Attingham Park is of the great houses of the.....

Gatehouse at Whittington Castle

Whittington Castle (2 Pictures)

(17.9 miles, 28.7 km, direction W)

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The Gardens at Erddig House, Wrexham (NT).

Erddig (3 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction W)

This large, handsome red-brick house was built during the 1680's by Thomas Webb for Joshua Edisbury, High Sheriff of.....

Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (1 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction E)

This is the foremost museum for fine porcelain produced over several centuries in the famous potteries of Staffordshire. Here,.....

Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction S)

Wroxeter Roman City lies about 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, here lies the remains of what was the fourth largest town in.....

Little Moreton Hall

Little Moreton Hall (48 Pictures)

(19.5 miles, 31.3 km, direction NE)

Little Moreton Hall is without doubt the finest example of timber-framed architecture in England. The building overflows with.....

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop Castle (12 Pictures)

(20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction NE)

Mow Cop Castle is a Grade 2 listed building and dates back to 1754 when Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built it as a.....


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