Loton Park Hill Climb

#7591 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Loton Park Hill Climb is a hillclimb held in part of the Loton Park deer park just outside the village of Alberbury in Shropshire, England. The track was originally constructed by the members of The Severn Valley Motor Club based in Shrewsbury, in the mid-1950s. The first ever winner was Peter Foulkes in a Cooper Climax. The track was threatened with closure in 1969 and since then events have been organised by the Hagley & District Light Car Club, who obtained the lease on the land from owner Sir Michael Leighton in 1970, in which year the first National A hillclimb was staged. ()

Coordinates: 52°43'24"N, 2°57'0"W

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Loton Park Hill Climb – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rowton Castle, St Andrew's Church, Knockin Castle, Breidden Hill.

1.6 miSE
Hotel, Forts and castles
Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury
41 min walk • Rowton Castle, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, is a Grade II* listed country house that was once the home of the Royal National College for the Blind before it moved to its present location in Hereford. This 17th-century castle is surrounded by 17 acres of gardens, and is approximately six miles from Shrewsbury.
3.7 miNE
Church
St Andrew's Church
96 min walk • St Andrew's Church is in the village of Great Ness, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ellesmere, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.
5.2 miN
Forts and castles
Knockin Castle
132 min walk • Knockin Castle is situated in the village of Knockin on Shropshire between Oswestry and Shrewsbury. This was a motte and bailey castle founded by Guy le Strange between 1154 and 1160 and it remained the principal holding of the le Strange family for most of the Middle Ages.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Breidden Hill
108 min walk • Breidden Hill is an extinct volcanic hill in Powys, Wales, near the town of Welshpool. It is immediately surrounded by the villages of Trewern, Middletown, Criggion, Crew Green and Llandrinio. The peak of the hill reaches to 367 metres.
7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Long Mountain
180 min walk • Long Mountain is a hill straddling the boundary between Powys and Shropshire to the east of Welshpool though the summit at 408 metres at Beacon Ring is within Wales. Long Mountain is a Marilyn, having a prominence of 305 metres.
6 miE
Manor house
Fitz Manor
153 min walk • Fitz Manor is a manor house in the village of Fitz near Montford Bridge, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
5.7 miSE
Village
Pontesbury
147 min walk • Pontesbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227.