Izaak Walton's Cottage

#3549 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, History museum

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The Izaak Walton Cottage is a seventeenth-century timber framed building in Shallowford, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England. It belonged to the writer Izaak Walton, best known for The Compleat Angler. The building is designated grade II, and is managed as a museum. ()

Coordinates: 52°51'31"N, 2°11'9"W

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Izaak Walton's Cottage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Mary's Church, Shire Hall, Stafford Castle, St Chad's Church.

4.6 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church, Stafford
117 min walk • St Mary's Church, Stafford is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Stafford.
4.6 miSE
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Shire Hall, Stafford
117 min walk • The Shire Hall is a public building in Stafford, England, completed in 1798 to a design by John Harvey. Formerly a courthouse, it housed an art gallery which closed to the public in July 2017. The court rooms and cells are preserved.
4.5 miS
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Stafford Castle, Stafford
115 min walk • Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated two miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England.
4.6 miSE
Church
St Chad's Church, Stafford
118 min walk • St Chad's Church, on Greengate Street in the centre of Stafford, is a Grade II* listed Anglican church. Saint Chad, who died in 672, was the first Bishop of Lichfield. The church was built in the 12th century, and is the oldest building in Stafford.
3 miW
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall
78 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.
4.5 miSE
52°48'9"N • 2°7'53"W
Stafford Castle Golf Club, Stafford
115 min walk • Golf, Historical place, Forts and castles
4.6 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Ancient High House, Stafford
118 min walk • The Ancient High House is an Elizabethan town house located on the main street in Stafford. The house was constructed in 1595 by the Dorrington family, from local oak, which anecdotally came from the nearby Doxey Wood, and is the largest timber framed town house in England.
4.4 miSE
Windmill
Broad Eye Windmill, Stafford
113 min walk • The Broad Eye Windmill is an historic windmill in the county town of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The windmill is currently home to Windmill Broadcasting, and is looked after by the Friends of Broad Eye Windmill.
4 miSE
Park
Astonfields Balancing Lakes, Stafford
103 min walk • Astonfields Balancing Lakes is a local nature reserve on the north-eastern edge of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. The main purpose of the balancing lakes is flood defence; the site has also been developed for wildlife habitats. Its area is about 4 hectares, and it is designated a Grade 1 Site of Biological Importance.
4.1 miNW
Museum
Mill Meece Pumping Station, Eccleshall
106 min walk • Mill Meece Pumping Station is a pumping station, located in the village of Millmeece in Staffordshire, England. Its function, powered by steam engines, was to pump water from boreholes to a reservoir in Hanchurch, from which it flows by gravity to supply the Potteries area.
4.6 miSE
City hall
Borough Hall, Stafford
117 min walk • The Borough Hall is a municipal building in Eastgate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The borough hall, which formed the headquarters of Stafford Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.