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Recommended Towns & Villages near Penkridge

Royal Oak Hotel, Cannock Town Centre.

Cannock (37 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (4.6 miles, 7.4 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...

Stafford

Stafford (55 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction N)

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.....

Holy Trinity Church

Wolverhampton (38 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction S)

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Lichfield Cathedral from Beacon Park

Lichfield (216 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Staffordshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction E)

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.....

Canal at by Dudley Tunnel

Dudley (78 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction S)

Dudley is a market town, it was granted its market charter in the 13th century, since then the lively outdoor market has been a focal point which has drawn regular visitors to the town...

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

Claverley (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction SW)

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

View of Ironbridge

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction SW)

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

Sudbury Church, Derbyshire

Sudbury (16 Pictures)

in the county of Derbyshire (18.4 miles, 29.6 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...

Taken from the Norton Road

Stourbridge (14 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction S)

Within the vast urban sprawl that surrounds Birmingham, otherwise known as the City of a Thousand Trades, lies the once great centre for crystal glassware, Stourbridge...

Dungeon

Tamworth (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (19.0 miles, 30.5 km, direction E)

In the 8th century the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia was ruled from Tamworth. Later in AD 913, a fortress was built here by the daughter of King Alfred...

Match postponed.(Melt the snow with braziers) St Andrews, Birmingham City football ground, Birmingham

Birmingham (224 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of West Midlands (19.1 miles, 30.7 km, direction SE)

Birmingham, Britain's second city, known as the city of a thousand trades, has long been recognised as one of the World's most important manufacturing and commercial centres...

The town of Halesowen in the West Midlands

Halesowen (5 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (19.2 miles, 30.9 km, direction S)

For several centuries Halesowen was a farming region and despite the spread of urban sprawl the region still has nearby open beauty spots...

Denstone village store

Denstone (7 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (19.6 miles, 31.6 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...

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

Market Drayton (9 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (19.7 miles, 31.7 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...

Alton Towers, Staffordshire

Alton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (19.8 miles, 31.9 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...

St Mary’s Priory Church, Tutbury at Sunset

Tutbury (50 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction NE)

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

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Edgbaston (28 Pictures)

in the county of West Midlands (20.1 miles, 32.4 km, direction SE)

Edgbaston is a district of wide leafy roads lined with elegant houses, lately these have become interspersed with more modern buildings, yet the suburb has somehow managed to retain much of its 19th and early 20th century charm...

Off Burton Bridge, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

Burton upon Trent (54 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (20.5 miles, 33.0 km, direction E)

Burton-on-Trent is an attractive town, it has a pleasing market place surrounded by pleasant properties, some being timber-frame black and white...

The Dog & Doublet Inn, Bodymoor Heath, North Warwickshire

Bodymoor Heath (16 Pictures)

in the county of Warwickshire (20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction SE)

This lovely rural area is well known as the home of the training ground for Aston Villa Football Club...

Ruins of Much Wenlock Priory

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (20.6 miles, 33.2 km, direction SW)

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Recommended attractions near Penkridge

Sunrise through the Pines, Cannock Chase

Cannock Chase Country Park (140 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction NE)

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.....

Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Stafford Castle (10 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction N)

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House (1 Pictures)

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction N)

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)

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction N)

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

The River Trent, Shugborough Estate

Shugborough Estate (37 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction NE)

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

Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction W)

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Wolverhampton - St Peter`s Gardens & Art Gallery

Wolverhampton Art Gallery (8 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction S)

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The building housing the Cold War exhibition

Royal Air Force Museum (39 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction SW)

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Sunrise in Beacon Park, Lichfield

Lichfield Cathedral (112 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.2 km, direction E)

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

The Black Country Museum

The Black Country Living Museum (26 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction S)

This is a delightful outdoor museum developed with flair and imagination to celebrate all that is best of the rich social and.....

Ghostly tavern

Dudley Castle (17 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction S)

Dudley possesses one of the most important ruins in the West Midlands, the panorama from the keep of this fortress which was once.....

The Victorian Fairground, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Blists Hill Victorian Town Museum (137 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.5 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.....

Monkey Forest, Trentham, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Monkey Forest (7 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 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.....

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

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.3 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.....

A picture of Soho House

Soho House (1 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction SE)

Matthew Boulton was born in Snow Hill, Birmingham in 1728. His father was a Toy maker, and the young Matthew was eventually to.....

Benthall Hall, Shropshire

Benthall Hall (7 Pictures)

(17.9 miles, 28.8 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.....

Aston Hall, Birmingham

Aston Hall (10 Pictures)

(18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction SE)

This magnificent Jacobean mansion is currently undergoing a 10 million pound make-over to both the Hall, its range of buildings.....

Zoo at Drayton Manor

Drayton Manor Park (6 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction SE)

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Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire

Tamworth Castle (9 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.7 km, direction E)

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Bridge across the Lake

Sudbury Hall (22 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction NE)

This delightful historic house which was built in the early 17th century for the Lords Vernon, has all the ingredients for a.....


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