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St Albans Cathedral

St Albans

in the county of Hertfordshire

Recommended Towns & Villages near Market Drayton

The Shroppie Fly.  Canal-side pub in Audlem.

Audlem (3 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction N)

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...

Nantwich, Cheshire

Nantwich (36 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction N)

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

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

Grinshill (3 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction SW)

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

Oakhanger Mere,

Crewe (4 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (13.7 miles, 22.0 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...

Potteries, Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction NE)

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...

Colemere near Ellesmere in Shropshire, UK.

Colemere (2 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction W)

Clolemere is a countryside heritage site with miles of waymarked walks circling over 70 acres of water, woodland and sweet scented meadows...

Stafford

Stafford (55 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Staffordshire (16.6 miles, 26.7 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.....

The mere, Ellesmere, Shropshire

Ellesmere (8 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction W)

Ellesmere, has a lovely 'holiday' atmosphere which gives it an 'away from it all' feel...

Saint Ediths Church, Shocklach, Cheshire

Shocklach (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction NW)

Shocklach is a small rural hamlet set beside a tributary of the River Dee between Wrexham and Nantwich. It is a lovely agricultural area of quiet lanes stringing together pretty.....

Norton lane, Norton in the moors, Staffordshire.

Norton in the Moors (6 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction NE)

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...

Reflection of Sabrina

Shrewsbury (269 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (17.7 miles, 28.4 km, direction SW)

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...

Mow Cop at sunset

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (18.0 miles, 29.0 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...

Autumn by the River Severn

Ironbridge (169 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (19.0 miles, 30.6 km, direction S)

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

Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (19.4 miles, 31.1 km, direction NW)

Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...

Town Hall. Congleton, Cheshire

Congleton (54 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (21.0 miles, 33.9 km, direction NE)

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"...

The Town  Square of Much Wenlock, Shropshire

Much Wenlock (56 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire (21.4 miles, 34.5 km, direction S)

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After the Service

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire (21.8 miles, 35.1 km, direction SW)

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

Rudyard lake, Staffordshire

Rudyard (3 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (22.8 miles, 36.6 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...

Froghall Railway Station

Froghall (9 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (23.1 miles, 37.2 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...

Cannock Town Centre

Cannock (37 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire (24.3 miles, 39.1 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...

Recommended attractions near Market Drayton

Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

Hodnet Hall (3 Pictures)

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction SW)

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

Hawkstone Folly

Hawkstone Park (14 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction SW)

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Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire

Moreton Corbet Castle (2 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction SW)

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

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction E)

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)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction E)

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

Cholmondeley Castle. A soldiers view in 1940. Tim Croft.

Cholmondeley Castle (19 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction NW)

The village of Cholmondeley is famous for its fascinating, romantic castle, built in 1801 in the Gothic style. Built as the seat.....

at Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Haughmond Abbey (24 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction SW)

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

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

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (1 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction NE)

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

Stafford Castle, Staffordshire

Stafford Castle (10 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction SE)

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Ancient High House, Stafford

Ancient High House (1 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.9 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)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction SE)

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

Seventeenth Century Weston Park House

Weston Park (5 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.3 km, direction SE)

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Attingham Park

Attingham Park (25 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction SW)

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

Shrewsbury Castle

Shrewsbury Castle (19 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction SW)

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Shrewsbury Abbey. Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Shrewsbury Abbey (5 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction SW)

The site of Shrewsbury Abbey is an ancient one, quite possibly dating back to Saxon times when a wooden church would have stood.....

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, taken from the outer walls of Beeston Castle.

Peckforton Castle (9 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction NW)

This modern day version of a 12th-century castle is set in the heart of the Cheshire Plains, an area which is scattered with.....

Wroxeter Roman City (Viriconium) in Shropshire

Wroxeter Roman City (9 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 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.....

Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle (41 Pictures)

(17.8 miles, 28.6 km, direction NW)

Set on a lonely hillside along the run of the Peckforton Hills, lie the ruins of Beeston Castle. It was built in the.....

Dingle Gardens

The Dingle Gardens (17 Pictures)

(17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction SW)

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Little Moreton Hall

Little Moreton Hall (48 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction NE)

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


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