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Recommended Towns & Villages near Norbury Junction

Stafford

Stafford (55 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (7.7 miles, 12.5 km, direction E)

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 (10.2 miles, 16.5 km, direction NW)

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...

View from the Ironbridge

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SW)

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

Cannock Town Centre

Cannock (37 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (14.1 miles, 22.8 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...

A picture of Audlem

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (15.4 miles, 24.8 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...

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

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (16.1 miles, 26.0 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...

Wolverhampton - St Peter`s Gardens & Art Gallery

Wolverhampton (38 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction SE)

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

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (17.0 miles, 27.4 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...

Ruins of Much Wenlock Priory

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction SW)

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

Claverley (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction S)

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

Norton street view, Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (19.0 miles, 30.6 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...

Severn in Winter

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (19.9 miles, 32.0 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...

Nantwich, Cheshire.

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (20.4 miles, 32.8 km, direction NW)

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

After the Service

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (20.8 miles, 33.5 km, direction SW)

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

Froghall Railway Station

Froghall (9 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (20.9 miles, 33.6 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...

Weaver Hills, Staffordshire. Weaver Summit - Aug 2004

Alton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (21.1 miles, 34.0 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...

Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction N)

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...

Mow Cop at sunset

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (21.5 miles, 34.6 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...

Town pond

Lichfield (216 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Staffordshire (21.5 miles, 34.7 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.....

Winter Sunrise at Denstone, Staffordshire

Denstone (7 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (21.7 miles, 34.9 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...

Recommended attractions near Norbury Junction

Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Stafford Castle (10 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E)

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Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction S)

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House (1 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction E)

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)

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction E)

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

The building housing the Cold War exhibition

Royal Air Force Museum (39 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction S)

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Sunrise through the Pines, Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase Country Park (140 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction E)

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.....

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

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 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)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 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.....

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 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 River Trent, Shugborough Estate

Shugborough Estate (37 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction E)

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

The Victorian Fairground, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum (137 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.1 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.....

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction W)

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Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.1 km, direction W)

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Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey (33 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction SW)

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Benthall Hall, Shropshire

Benthall Hall (7 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 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.....

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

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (1 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction N)

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

at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction W)

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

Wolverhampton - St Peter`s Gardens & Art Gallery

Wolverhampton Art Gallery (8 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction SE)

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Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction SW)

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)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction SW)

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


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