Brown Moss

#3468 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. ()

Elevation: 361 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°57'0"N, 2°39'14"W

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Brown Moss – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Oswald's Church, Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, St Alkmund's Church, St Chad's Church.

6.7 miNW
Church
St Oswald's Church
172 min walk • St Oswald's Church stands on the highest point in the market town of Malpas, Cheshire, England, on or near the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle.
7.4 miNE
Specialty museum, Military base, History museum
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker, Nantwich
189 min walk • The Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker is a former government-owned nuclear bunker located at Hack Green, Cheshire, England.
1.9 miNW
Church
St Alkmund's Church
50 min walk • St Alkmund's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. It stands at an elevated position in the centre of the town. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England which has designated it a Grade I listed building.
5 miNW
Church
St Chad's Church
128 min walk • St Chad's Church is on Chester Road in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Malpas, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.3 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Shropshire Way
84 min walk • The Shropshire Way Main Route is a waymarked long distance footpath running through the English county of Shropshire. It runs 202 miles around the interior of the county in two loops centred on Shrewsbury, with an additional spur to Whitchurch.
4.8 miNW
Church
St Chad's Chapel
122 min walk • St Chad's Chapel is an isolated church in the scattered community of Tushingham in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. The only approach to the chapel is on footpaths across fields from the A41 road.
5.6 miN
Church
St Margaret's Church
143 min walk • St Margaret's Church overlooks the village green of Wrenbury, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich.
5.3 miSW
Church
St Mary's Church
136 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.
3.4 miNE
Monastery
Combermere Abbey
88 min walk • Combermere Abbey is a former monastery, later a country house, near Burleydam, between Nantwich and Whitchurch in Cheshire, England, near the border with Shropshire.
3.9 miN
Church
St Michael's Church
99 min walk • St Michael's Church, also known as St Michael and All Angels, stands on a small rise overlooking Big Mere in the village of Marbury, Cheshire, England.
1.7 miNW
Memorial
Churton Memorial Fountain
44 min walk • The Churton Memorial Fountain stands on the west side of Brownlow Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.