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Recommended Towns & Villages near Ellesmere

Colemere near Ellesmere in Shropshire, UK.

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction SE)

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 (9.4 miles, 15.0 km, direction N)

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.....

View from Corbet Wood (Grinshill), Shropshire

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction SE)

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

Winter in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (15.1 miles, 24.4 km, direction SE)

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...

The Shroppie Fly.  Canal-side pub in Audlem.

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction E)

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...

This is the Tudor House Inn in Market Drayton, Shropshire.

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction E)

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...

Old Shops, Nantwich Square

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (19.3 miles, 31.1 km, direction NE)

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

Upper Bridge Street Chester - August 2009

Chester (290 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cheshire (19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction N)

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

St Helen's Church, Tarporley

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction NE)

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

Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (21.9 miles, 35.3 km, direction SE)

Interestingly, Acton Burnell has connections with America that go back to the stirring days of the Declaration of Independence in 1776...

Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (23.4 miles, 37.6 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...

Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (23.8 miles, 38.2 km, direction NE)

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.....

Ruins of Much Wenlock Priory

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (25.7 miles, 41.4 km, direction SE)

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Ironbridge in Shropshire. October 2005

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (26.1 miles, 41.9 km, direction SE)

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

Recommended attractions near Ellesmere

Gatehouse at Whittington Castle

Whittington Castle (2 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction SW)

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Chirk Castle Gardens, near Wrexham

Chirk Castle (16 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction W)

This magnificent building is the last of the great Welsh castles built by Edward I that is still lived in today. It was begun in.....

The Gardens at Erddig House, Wrexham (NT).

Erddig (3 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NW)

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

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction E)

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Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction SE)

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

Cholmondeley Castle (19 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction NE)

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

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction E)

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

Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle (19 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction SE)

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at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SE)

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

Dingle Gardens

The Dingle Gardens (17 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction S)

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Shrewsbury Abbey. Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Shrewsbury Abbey (5 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction SE)

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

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

Peckforton Castle (9 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction NE)

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)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction NE)

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

Attingham Park

Attingham Park (25 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction SE)

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

Chester Castle, Chester

Chester Castle (2 Pictures)

(19.3 miles, 31.0 km, direction N)

The extensive ruins of Chester Castle can be found on a hillside overlooking the River Dee in close proximity to where the county.....

Hawarden Castle, Hawarden, Flintshire, taken from the Cricket Club.

Hawarden Castle (2 Pictures)

(19.5 miles, 31.3 km, direction N)

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Chester Roman Garden

Roman Gardens (2 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction N)

The Roman Garden, thus called is a somewhat misleading name. It was certainly not here in Roman times, but is a left-over from.....

Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction SE)

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

Chester's Roman Amphitheatre

Chester Roman Amphitheatre (1 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction N)

It is almost impossible to list the magnificent Roman treasures this town possesses. Its extraordinary Roman Amphitheatre is but.....

Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral (40 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction N)

A Minster was built here in the 10th-century to hold the remains of St.Werburgh, a Mercian princess who died in 707......


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