Aqualate Mere, Newport

Name: Aqualate Mere
Address: Newport, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Newport

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Lake

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Aqualate Mere, in Staffordshire, is the largest natural lake in the English Midlands and is managed as a national nature reserve by Natural England. ()

Elevation: 217 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°46'51"N, 2°20'19"W

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Newport United Kingdom

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Day trips

Aqualate Mere – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norbury Junction, Holy Trinity Church, St Lawrence's Church, St Mary's Church.

2 miNE
Canal
Norbury Junction, Stafford
51 min walk • Norbury Junction is a canal junction which lies about 1 mile to the south east of Norbury, in Staffordshire, England. It opened in 1835, and closed in 1944, although the main line of the Shropshire Union Canal still runs through it.
6.4 miNE
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall
163 min walk • Holy Trinity Church in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, is a Grade I listed Anglican church. The building dates mostly from the 13th century, and there was restoration in the 19th century. The church contains the tombs of four Bishops of Lichfield.
3.6 miE
Church
St Lawrence's Church
92 min walk • St Lawrence's Church is an Anglican church in Gnosall, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The earliest parts of the church are of Norman architecture; it was later much modified. The church is unusual in having a central tower.
5.5 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church
142 min walk • St. Mary's Church, Blymhill is an Anglican church in the village of Blymhill, Staffordshire, England. The building, which is a Grade I listed building, was constructed in the 14th century and restored and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.
1.9 miSW
City hall
Newport Guildhall, Newport
49 min walk • Newport Guildhall is a large timber-framed municipal building in Newport, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.3 miW
Church, Architecture
St Peter
85 min walk • St. Peter's Church is in the village of Edgmond, Shropshire, England. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Edgmond and Shifnal, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.
1.9 miSW
Memorial
Puleston Cross, Newport
48 min walk • The Puleston Cross is a Butter cross in the market town of Newport, Shropshire The Cross sits in Middle Row, formerly Rotten Row, and denotes the market place.
1.4 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Way for the Millennium
35 min walk • The Way for the Millennium is an east–west route across Staffordshire, deliberately designed for easy walking, using towpaths, old railway lines and footpaths and visiting attractive countryside and green spaces.
3.9 miS
Monastery
Lilleshall Hall
101 min walk • Lilleshall Hall is a large former country house and estate in the fields of Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. It is run by Serco Leisure Operating Ltd on behalf of Sport England as one of three National Sports Centres, alongside Bisham Abbey and Plas y Brenin. It lies between Telford and Newport.
4.7 miNE
National park
Doxey Marshes
119 min walk • Doxey Marshes is a 150 hectares nature reserve located within two miles of Stafford town centre, and is managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
1.9 miSW
Church
St Nicholas Church, Newport
48 min walk • St Nicholas's Church is an Anglican church in the market town of Newport, Shropshire, England lying within the Diocese of Lichfield. It is dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of fishermen. The church is a Grade II* listed building. It is of Early English and Perpendicular architecture.