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Stafford

Stafford (55 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction SE)

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.....

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

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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...

Opening up for birthing at Stoke on Trent, Trent and Mersey canal

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction N)

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...

The Shroppie Fly.  Canal-side pub in Audlem.

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction NW)

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...

Norton lane, Norton in the moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction N)

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...

Cannock Town Centre

Cannock (37 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction SE)

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...

Historic Lime Kilns at Froghall, Staffordshire

Froghall (9 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction NE)

Attractively situated on the banks of the Caldon Canal in the beautiful Churnet Valley. Froghall offers visitors the opportunity to experience a diverse range of landscapes including fine watermeadows with a wealth of wildlife...

Alton Castle, Staffordshire

Alton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction NE)

The village has many elegant stone buildings, and there is a circular lock-up and the romantic ruins of a 12th-century castle...

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction N)

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...

Denstone village store

Denstone (7 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction NE)

Denstone is a peaceful village set in the midst of rural Staffordshire countryside, where farm meadows are watered from a myriad of sparkling rivers flowing down from the Peak District National Park...

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

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction NW)

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

Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction NW)

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...

View from the Ironbridge

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction SW)

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

Wolverhampton - St Peter`s Gardens & Art Gallery

Wolverhampton (38 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction S)

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View from Corbet Wood (Grinshill), Shropshire

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction W)

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

Rudyard lake, Staffordshire

Rudyard (3 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction NE)

A pretty village with a delightful cluster of cottages and houses with lovely gardens, bordered by woods at the south end of the picturesque Rudyard Reservoir...

Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire

Sudbury (16 Pictures)

in the county of Derbyshire (20.5 miles, 32.9 km, direction E)

The village of Sudbury lies in a landscape of contrasts where old Royal hunting grounds meet with the industrial heritage of 19th-century England...

Congleton Town Centre, Cheshire

Congleton (54 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (21.1 miles, 33.9 km, direction N)

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"...

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield (216 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Staffordshire (21.5 miles, 34.6 km, direction SE)

The Lichfield Markets have been held on the historic Market Square since King Stephen granted the first charter for a market in 1153. In the past martyrs were burnt at the.....

Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock in Shropshire

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (22.2 miles, 35.7 km, direction SW)

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Recommended attractions near Eccleshall

Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Stafford Castle (10 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction SE)

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House (1 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.9 km, direction SE)

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)

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction SE)

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

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

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction N)

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)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction N)

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

The River Trent, Shugborough Estate

Shugborough Estate (37 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction SE)

Shugborough Hall with its vast surrounding estate has been the seat of the Earls of Lichfield, the Anson family, ever since it.....

Sunrise through the Pines, Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase Country Park (140 Pictures)

(11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction SE)

Once upon a time this vast area was the 'Happy Hunting' ground of Kings and Queens of England who came here to enjoy a good day's.....

Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction S)

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Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (1 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction N)

This is the foremost museum for fine porcelain produced over several centuries in the famous potteries of Staffordshire. Here,.....

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction W)

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

The building housing the Cold War exhibition

Royal Air Force Museum (39 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction S)

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Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.2 km, direction W)

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Part of Croxden Abbey, Near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

Croxden Abbey (6 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction NE)

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Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction W)

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Serpentine Pool, Greenway Bank Country Park, Biddulph

Greenway Bank Country Park (3 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction N)

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Alton Castle, Staffordshire

Alton Castle (5 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction NE)

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Cheddleton, Staffordshire: Churnet Valley Railway sidings

Churnet Valley Railway (9 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction NE)

The Churnet Valley Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway to the east of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire,.....

Alton Towers

Alton Towers Theme Park (61 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction NE)

Alton Towers is the number one theme park in England. Dating back to the Victorian times, Alton Towers closed during the outbreak.....

Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop Castle (12 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction N)

Mow Cop Castle is a Grade 2 listed building and dates back to 1754 when Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built it as a.....

The Victorian Fairground, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum (137 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction SW)

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


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