Cole Mere

#1766 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. ()

Elevation: 285 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°53'24"N, 2°50'24"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Wem Town Hall, St Mary's Church, St Mary's Church, Ellesmere Castle.

5.4 miSE
Event space
Wem Town Hall, Wem
137 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.
2.4 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Ellesmere
61 min walk • St Mary's Church stands on a hill in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ellesmere, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
5.1 miE
Church
St Mary's Church
130 min walk • 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.
2.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Ellesmere Castle, Ellesmere
60 min walk • Ellesmere Castle was in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. This was a motte and bailey castle which was probably founded by Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury on a prominent hill to the east of the town, overlooking the Mere, soon after the Norman conquest.
1.4 miN
Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church
36 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.
4.1 miW
Canal
Frankton Junction
105 min walk • Frankton Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Montgomery Canal terminates and meets the Llangollen Canal at Lower Frankton, Shropshire, England.
0.6 miNW
National park
Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve
17 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.