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View from the bridge towards the power station

Ironbridge (169 Pictures) in the county of Shropshire

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction E of Leighton)

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

Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures) in the county of Shropshire

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction W of Leighton)

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

A picture of Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire

(8.7 miles, 13.9 km, direction NW of Leighton)

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...

St Laurence's Church

Church Stretton (52 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction SW of Leighton)

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.....

The front of the little thatched church at Little Stretton, Shropshire

Little Stretton (4 Pictures) in the county of Shropshire

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction SW of Leighton)

Little Stretton lies in a charming rural area a short distance from the old town of Church Stretton...

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Benthall Hall, Shropshire

Benthall Hall (7 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction SE)

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.....

Priory ruins

Wenlock Priory (28 Pictures)

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction S)

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Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction NW)

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

Attingham Park

Attingham Park (25 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction NW)

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

The Victorian Fairground, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum (137 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction E)

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

Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire

Acton Burnell Castle (4 Pictures)

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction SW)

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

at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NW)

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


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