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Walton-on-the-Hill

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction W)

Walton on the hill is a pretty village a short distance from the favoured town of Epsom and the famous "downs" racecourse...

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Church Lane, Stafford

Stafford

(4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction W)

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.....

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Royal Oak Hotel, Cannock Town Centre.

Cannock

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)

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...

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Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield

(10.8 miles, 17.4 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.....

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Sudbury Church, Derbyshire

Sudbury

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction NE)

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

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The yellow flower of Oil Seed Rape

Cheadle

(13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction N)

Cheadle has several fine black and white half timbered buildings in the town that date from the 16th-century..

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Denstone Primary  School

Denstone

(13.5 miles, 21.7 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...

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Alton Towers, Staffordshire

Alton

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction N)

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

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Tutbury, Staffordshire

Tutbury

(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction E)

This picturesque little town in the Dove Valley is dominated by the ruins of the medieval castle...

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St Bartholemew, Tong

Tong

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction SW)

Fortunately, this attractive village was saved from the ravages of traffic by the building of the A41 By-Pass which was built around 1966...

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Sunrise through the Pines, Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase Country Park

(2.1 miles, 3.3 km, direction S)

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.....

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Stafford - Shire Hall

Shire Hall Gallery

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction W)

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

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction W)

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

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Chartley Castle, Staffordshire

Chartley Castle

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction N)

The very castle that once held Mary Queen of Scots. First built by one of the early Earls of Chester circa 1100, the castle has a.....

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Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Stafford Castle

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction W)

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Sunrise in Beacon Park, Lichfield

Lichfield Cathedral

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction SE)

Most recently Lichfield Cathedral has been the scene of an important archaeological find which has astounded the world of.....

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Downs Banks

(11.0 miles, 17.8 km, direction NW)

A little wilderness of woodlands and heath in the heart of the Midlands...

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Eccleshall Castle

(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction NW)

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Path to the house at Moseley Old Hall

Moseley Old Hall

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction S)

Elizabethan house, famous for its association with Charles II..

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Letocetum Roman Baths

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction SE)

Excavated Roman bathhouse and remains of buildings...

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