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Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop

(2.0 miles, 3.2 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...

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Norton lane, Norton in the moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction SE)

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...

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Potteries, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

(5.1 miles, 8.3 km, direction SE)

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...

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Congleton Town Centre, Cheshire

Congleton

(5.3 miles, 8.6 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"...

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Sandbach

Sandbach

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction NW)

Sandbach is a market town in Cheshire..

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Rudyard lake, Staffordshire

Rudyard

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction E)

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...

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Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

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...

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View above Meerbrook, Staffordshire

Meerbrook

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NE)

Meerbrook is a small village situated along the river Churnet on the edge of The Peak District National Park. It is close to the man-made Tittesworth Reservoir which submerged.....

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Old Shops, Nantwich Square

Nantwich

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction W)

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

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Froghall Railway Station

Froghall

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction E)

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...

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Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop Castle

(2.3 miles, 3.7 km, direction NE)

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.....

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Little Moreton Hall

Little Moreton Hall

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction N)

Little Moreton Hall is without doubt the finest example of timber-framed architecture in England. The building overflows with.....

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Serpentine Pool, Greenway Bank Country Park, Biddulph

Greenway Bank Country Park

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction E)

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Biddulph Grange Garden

Biddulph Grange Garden

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NE)

This remarkable garden surrounds a grand house with a history of fluctuating fortunes. The gardens were originally the creation.....

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

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

(5.4 miles, 8.8 km, direction SE)

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

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A tree in the woods

Black Firs Wood

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction N)

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Deep Hayes Country Park

(7.6 miles, 12.3 km, direction E)

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Whitmore Hall

(7.9 miles, 12.6 km, direction S)

This charming house is approached via a broad avenue of limes. The building is impressive, with rich red brickwork with stone.....

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Parkhall Country Park

(8.6 miles, 13.9 km, direction SE)

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

Trentham Gardens

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction S)

These pictures are of the garden and lake of Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This was the former home of the.....

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