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Recommended Towns & Villages near Hodnet

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction NE)

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...

View from Corbet Wood (Grinshill), Shropshire

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (6.6 miles, 10.6 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...

The Shroppie Fly.  Canal-side pub in Audlem.

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction N)

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...

Colemere near Ellesmere in Shropshire, UK.

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (11.4 miles, 18.3 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...

The Old Market Hall, the Square, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (12.6 miles, 20.2 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...

Early Morning.

Ellesmere (8 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (14.1 miles, 22.6 km, direction W)

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

Old Shops, The Square, Nantwich

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction N)

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

Weaving a Wattle Fence

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction S)

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

Saint Ediths Church, Shocklach, Cheshire

Shocklach (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (16.7 miles, 26.9 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.....

After the Service

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction S)

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

The Town  Square of Much Wenlock, Shropshire

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction S)

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Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction N)

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...

Near Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire.

Stafford (55 Pictures)

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

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.....

Potteries, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction NE)

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...

St Helen's Church, Tarporley

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (21.5 miles, 34.6 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...

Norton street view, Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (22.6 miles, 36.4 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...

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (23.1 miles, 37.2 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...

Church Stretton parish church, Shropshire

Church Stretton (52 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (23.7 miles, 38.1 km, direction SW)

Church Stretton is an historic market town in the South Shropshire hills, and the only town in the Shropshire hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - one of Britain's fiinest.....

Astbury Mere

Congleton (54 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (26.0 miles, 41.9 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"...

Wolverhampton - St Peter's Church

Wolverhampton (38 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (26.3 miles, 42.4 km, direction SE)

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Recommended attractions near Hodnet

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)

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

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction W)

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Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.2 km, direction SW)

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at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction SW)

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

Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle (19 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction SW)

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Attingham Park

Attingham Park (25 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction S)

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

Shrewsbury Abbey. Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Shrewsbury Abbey (5 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SW)

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

Dingle Gardens

The Dingle Gardens (17 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction SW)

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Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.1 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.....

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

Cholmondeley Castle (19 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction N)

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

Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey (33 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction S)

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Benthall Hall, Shropshire

Benthall Hall (7 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction S)

This is a beautiful stone-built house of the 16th-century which is set on a rise above the wooded slopes of the meandering River.....

The Victorian Fairground, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum (137 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.6 km, direction S)

Blists Hill VICTORIAN TOWN is one of the largest Open Air Museums in Britain. A small Victorian town has been created above 30.....

Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.8 km, direction SE)

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

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.9 km, direction NE)

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)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction NE)

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

Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire

Acton Burnell Castle (4 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction S)

Although crenulated, the spectacular red sandstone ruins of Acton Burnell speak more of a grandiose place of comfort rather than.....

Priory ruins

Wenlock Priory (28 Pictures)

(17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction S)

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The building housing the Cold War exhibition

Royal Air Force Museum (39 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction SE)

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Gatehouse at Whittington Castle

Whittington Castle (2 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction W)

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