St Mary's Church

#1678 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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St Mary's Church is in the village of Edstaston, in the civil parish of Wem Rural, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wem and Whitchurch, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield. Its benefice is united with those of St Chad, Prees, Holy Emmanuel, Fauls, Christ Church, Tilstock, and St Mary, Whixall. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is described as "one of the most complete Romanesque buildings in Shropshire". ()

Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 52°52'60"N, 2°43'5"W

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St Mary's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Moreton Corbet Castle, Wem Town Hall, Cole Mere, Brown Moss.

6.1 miSE
Forts and castles, View point
Moreton Corbet Castle
156 min walk • Moreton Corbet Castle, located in the picturesque county of Shropshire, United Kingdom, is a captivating historical site that embodies the evolution of English architecture through the ages. This impressive ruin, composed of both medieval and Elizabethan elements...
1.9 miS
Event space
Wem Town Hall, Wem
49 min walk • Wem Town Hall is a building in the market-town of Wem in Shropshire, England. It is currently used as a venue for music and dance concerts, films, stage shows and exhibitions. The interior of the building was completely destroyed by fire on 19 November 1995.
5.1 miW
Park
Cole Mere
130 min walk • Colemere Countryside Site is a countryside heritage site. Due to its important conservation status it has two key designations being a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an internationally important Ramsar wetland site. 3 miles south-east of Ellesmere, Shropshire.
5.3 miNE
Park
Brown Moss
136 min walk • Brown Moss is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserve and important wetland area rich in wildlife close to Whitchurch, Shropshire. It is open to visitors and contains a number of self-guided walking trails. The name 'moss' derives from the local word for a peat bog.
5.5 miW
Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church
140 min walk • The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed Anglican church in the village of Welshampton in Shropshire. It was built in the 1860s for Frances Mainwaring and Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring, in memory of Charles Kynaston Mainwaring of Oteley.
5.5 miW
National park
Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve
141 min walk • Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve is a 165.8-hectare nature reserve near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It consists of low-lying meadows immediately to the east of the River Gowy near its confluence with the River Mersey, south of Stanlow Oil Refinery and west of the village of Thornton-le-Moors.
4.8 miSE
Sport, Sport venue
Hawkstone Park Motocross Circuit
123 min walk • Hawkstone Park Motocross Circuit, typically referred to as Hawkstone Park or Hawkstone, is a motocross circuit situated near Market Drayton, north Shropshire, England.
5.6 miN
Sport, Sport venue
Heath Road
144 min walk • Heath Road is a cricket ground in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1982, when Whitchurch played Singapore in a warm-up match for the 1982 ICC Trophy.