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Recommended Towns & Villages near Telford

View from the bridge towards the power station

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction S)

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

XII century Holy Trinity Church in Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction SW)

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Acton Burnell - the Castle and St. Mary's Church

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SW)

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

The Bullring with All Saints Church in background. Claverley, Shropshire

Claverley (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction SE)

Claverley is surrounded by agricultural land, a short distance from delightful Bridgenorth, a picturesque town on the banks of the River Severn...

A picture of Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction W)

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...

View from Corbet Wood (Grinshill), Shropshire

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction NW)

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

This is Saint Peters Church in the heart of Wolverhampton city center

Wolverhampton (38 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction SE)

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St. Mary's Church in Market Drayton, Shropshire.

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction N)

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...

River Penk Flood July 2007

Stafford (55 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (16.3 miles, 26.3 km, direction NE)

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.....

Carding Mill Valley, Shropshire

Church Stretton (52 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (17.8 miles, 28.6 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.....

Cannock Town Centre

Cannock (37 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction E)

Think of Cannock and nearly always there springs to life a vision of the wonderful landscape of Cannock Chase, originally a giant "Royal Forest" gradually reduced in size and grazed by numerous flocks of sheep until the turn of the 20th century...

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

Little Stretton (4 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction SW)

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

Priory Ruins

Dudley (78 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (19.4 miles, 31.2 km, direction SE)

Dudley is a market town, it was granted its market charter in the 13th century, since then the lively outdoor market has been a focal point which has drawn regular visitors to the town...

Taken from the Norton Road

Stourbridge (14 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (20.0 miles, 32.1 km, direction SE)

Within the vast urban sprawl that surrounds Birmingham, otherwise known as the City of a Thousand Trades, lies the once great centre for crystal glassware, Stourbridge...

Wolverley Church, Wolverley, near Kidderminster (taken from the Canal)

Wolverley (16 Pictures)

in the county of Worcestershire (20.3 miles, 32.7 km, direction SE)

Wolverley is a charming village at the heart of rural Worcestershire. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, but it is believed a settlement was there long before that...

The Shroppie Fly.  Canal-side pub in Audlem.

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (21.3 miles, 34.3 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...

Autumn at Colemere near Ellesmere, Shropshire

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (21.8 miles, 35.0 km, direction NW)

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

Flood

Bewdley (178 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Worcestershire (21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction S)

The graceful arches of the bridge designed by Thomas Telford (1757-1854) are a dominant feature of this lovely old town which nestles on the banks of the River Severn...

Kidderminster parish church. August 2006.

Kidderminster (42 Pictures)

in the county of Worcestershire (21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction S)

This town was once the carpet capital of England, with carpets from its mills transported to all parts of the world...

The town of Halesowen in the West Midlands

Halesowen (5 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (23.1 miles, 37.2 km, direction SE)

For several centuries Halesowen was a farming region and despite the spread of urban sprawl the region still has nearby open beauty spots...

Recommended attractions near Telford

The Victorian Fairground, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum (137 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.1 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.....

Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey (33 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction SW)

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Benthall Hall, Shropshire

Benthall Hall (7 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.6 km, direction SW)

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 building housing the Cold War exhibition

Royal Air Force Museum (39 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction SE)

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Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction E)

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Priory ruins

Wenlock Priory (28 Pictures)

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction SW)

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Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction W)

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)

(9.2 miles, 14.7 km, direction W)

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

at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction W)

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

Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire

Acton Burnell Castle (4 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction SW)

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

Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NW)

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Shrewsbury Abbey. Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Shrewsbury Abbey (5 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction W)

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

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction NW)

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

Dingle Gardens

The Dingle Gardens (17 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction W)

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Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle (19 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction W)

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Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction NW)

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Wolverhampton - St Peter`s Gardens & Art Gallery

Wolverhampton Art Gallery (8 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction SE)

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Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Stafford Castle (10 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction NE)

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House (1 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction NE)

Dominating Stafford's Greengate Street, is an impressive Elizabethan building that has stood at the centre of the town for over.....

Stafford - Shire Hall

Shire Hall Gallery (1 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction NE)

Stafford's handsome Shire Hall Gallery with its impressive porticoed frontage, served for a time as the local Crown Court. .....


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