Clun and Chapel Lawn, Clun

#5 among attractions in Clun

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Clun or Clun and Chapel Lawn is a civil parish which covers a large rural area in the southwest of Shropshire, England. The parish has an area of 6,079 hectares. ()

Coordinates: 52°25'12"N, 3°1'48"W

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Clun United Kingdom

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Clun and Chapel Lawn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Offa's Dyke, Clun Castle, Clun Bridge, Hopton Castle.

5.3 miS
Visitor center, Ruins
Offa's Dyke, Knighton
136 min walk • Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction.
~1070 ftNW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Clun Castle, Clun
6 min walk • Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the Norman invasion of England and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system.
~160 ftNW
Bridge
Clun Bridge, Clun
1 min walk • Clun Bridge is a historical bridge in the small town of Clun, Shropshire, England dating from 1450 which crosses over the River Clun.
4.5 miE
Forts and castles
Hopton Castle
114 min walk • Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the British TV series Time Team in 2010.
5.3 miN
Nightlife, Brewery
Three Tuns Brewery, Bishop's Castle
136 min walk • The Three Tuns Brewery in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, England was established in 1642 on its current site, making it the oldest licensed brewery site in Britain.
4.4 miE
Church
St Swithun's Church
112 min walk • St Swithun's Church is in the village of Clunbury, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Bedstone, St Cuthbert, Clungunford, St Mary, Clunton, and St Edward, Hopton Castle.
3.1 miS
Forts and castles
Caer Caradoc
80 min walk • Caer Caradoc is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in the south-west of the English county of Shropshire, near the town of Clun. It overlooks the village of Chapel Lawn.
5.7 miE
Church
St Mary
146 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the village of Hopesay, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
2.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Bury Ditches
64 min walk • Bury Ditches is a British Iron Age hill fort between Clun and Bishop's Castle in the Shropshire Hills of central England.
5.2 miE
Hill
Burrow, Craven Arms
133 min walk • Burrow is a hill in Shropshire with an Iron Age hill fort at the summit known as Burrow Camp. The nearest villages are Hopesay and Aston-on-Clun. It includes a large number of hut platforms, and two natural springs. At 15:45 on 13 September 1943 a Vickers Wellington crashed on the hill.
5.4 miNW
Forest
Clun Forest, Clun
138 min walk • Clun Forest is a remote, rural area of open pastures, moorland and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodland in the southwest part of the English county of Shropshire and also just over the border into Powys, Wales.