Eccleshall Castle, Eccleshall

#3 among attractions in Eccleshall

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Eccleshall Castle is located in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England. It was originally built in the 13th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II* listed building. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°51'46"N, 2°15'30"W

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Eccleshall United Kingdom

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Eccleshall Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stafford Castle, Norbury Junction, Holy Trinity Church, Stafford Castle Golf Club.

6.4 miSE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Stafford Castle, Stafford
165 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 miSW
Canal
Norbury Junction, Stafford
118 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.
~1170 ftS
Church
Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall
6 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.
6.7 miSE
52°48'9"N • 2°7'53"W
Stafford Castle Golf Club, Stafford
172 min walk • Golf, Historical place, Forts and castles
6.5 miNE
Memorial
Downs Banks
166 min walk • Downs Bank, also known as Barlaston Downs, is an area of open countryside, located two miles north of the town of Stone in Staffordshire, and four miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is owned and managed by the National Trust.
5.3 miS
Church
St Lawrence's Church
137 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.
2.7 miN
Museum
Mill Meece Pumping Station, Eccleshall
70 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.
3.3 miS
National park
Doxey Marshes
84 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.
3 miE
Museum, History museum
Izaak Walton's Cottage
78 min walk • 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.
5.9 miN
Church
Maer Hall
150 min walk • Maer Hall is a large Grade II listed 17th-century country house in Maer, Staffordshire. The large stone-built country house and estate of Maer Hall dominates the village of Maer.
6.6 miNE
Village, Area
Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent
170 min walk • Barlaston is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone.