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Recommended Towns & Villages near Weston under Redcastle

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

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (4.1 miles, 6.6 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...

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

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (7.8 miles, 12.6 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...

Colemere near Ellesmere in Shropshire, UK.

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (8.4 miles, 13.4 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...

A picture of Audlem

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (10.9 miles, 17.6 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...

The Abbey Church, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (10.9 miles, 17.6 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...

The mere, Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere (8 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction W)

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

Saint Ediths Church, Shocklach, Cheshire

Shocklach (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (15.0 miles, 24.1 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.....

Magnificent Looking Building, Corner of Pillory Street & Hospital Street, Nantwich, Cheshire

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction N)

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

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

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction S)

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

Bedlam Furnace

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction SE)

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 (18.0 miles, 29.0 km, direction S)

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Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (19.2 miles, 31.0 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...

St Helen's Church, Tarporley

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

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

Church Stretton

Church Stretton (52 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (22.5 miles, 36.2 km, direction S)

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.....

Potteries, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (22.7 miles, 36.5 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...

Norton lane, Norton in the moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (25.2 miles, 40.5 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 (25.3 miles, 40.8 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...

Town Hall. Congleton, Cheshire

Congleton (54 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (28.0 miles, 45.1 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 Weston under Redcastle

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(1.1 miles, 1.8 km)

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Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(2.9 miles, 4.6 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.....

Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction S)

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at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction S)

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)

(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction SW)

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Shrewsbury Abbey. Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Shrewsbury Abbey (5 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.3 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.....

Dingle Gardens

The Dingle Gardens (17 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction SW)

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Attingham Park

Attingham Park (25 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction S)

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

Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 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)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 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.....

Gatehouse at Whittington Castle

Whittington Castle (2 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction W)

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Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey (33 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction S)

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Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire

Acton Burnell Castle (4 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction S)

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

Benthall Hall, Shropshire

Benthall Hall (7 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.5 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)

(17.7 miles, 28.4 km, direction SE)

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

Priory ruins

Wenlock Priory (28 Pictures)

(18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction S)

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

Peckforton Castle (9 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.8 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.....

Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(19.0 miles, 30.5 km, direction SE)

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The Gardens at Erddig House, Wrexham (NT).

Erddig (3 Pictures)

(19.1 miles, 30.8 km, direction NW)

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

Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle (41 Pictures)

(19.2 miles, 30.9 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.....


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