Shugborough Tunnel, Cannock Chase

Name: Shugborough Tunnel
Address: Cannock Chase, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Cannock Chase

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The Shugborough Tunnel is a 777-yard railway tunnel on the Trent Valley line running under part of the Shugborough Estate in Colwich, Staffordshire, England. It was constructed in 1846 by the Trent Valley Railway and is located between Stafford station and Colwich Junction. Both portals, which were designed by John Livock, are grade II listed. ()

Coordinates: 52°47'31"N, 2°1'45"W

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Cannock Chase United Kingdom

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Shugborough Tunnel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire County Museum, Essex Bridge, Brocton Hall Golf Club.

0.9 miNE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Shugborough Hall, Stafford
23 min walk • Shugborough Hall, a quintessential example of a stately home in Great Haywood, is nestled within the lush English countryside of Stafford, United Kingdom. This grand estate, replete with classic Georgian architecture, offers a glimpse into the opulent lifestyle of the...
0.8 miNE
Museum
Staffordshire County Museum
22 min walk • Staffordshire County Museum is housed in the Servants' Quarters of Shugborough Hall, Milford, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The museum features a restored Victorian kitchen, laundry and brewhouse as well as permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions.
1.1 miNE
Bridge
Essex Bridge
27 min walk • Essex Bridge is a Grade I listed packhorse bridge over the River Trent near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. Spanning the Trent 100 metres downstream of its confluence with the River Sow, it was built in the late sixteenth century by the Earl of Essex a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
1.5 miSW
Golf
Brocton Hall Golf Club
39 min walk • Brocton Hall is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1760 by William Chetwynd and remained in the Chetwynd family until 1923 when it was sold to the Golf Club. Today the building is still used as a clubhouse and is also a venue for weddings.
1.2 miNE
Canal
Haywood Junction
30 min walk • Haywood Junction, or Great Haywood Junction, is the name of the canal junction where the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal terminates and meets the Trent and Mersey Canal near to the village of Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England.
1 miNE
Tomb
Shugborough inscription
25 min walk • The Shugborough Inscription is a sequence of letters – O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M – carved on the 18th-century Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England, below a mirror image of Nicolas Poussin's painting the Shepherds of Arcadia.
1.3 miNE
Canal
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
35 min walk • The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.
0.7 miN
Lake, Canal
Tixall Wide
19 min walk • Tixall Wide, also known as Tixall Broad or The Broad Water, is a body of water that forms part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Tixall in Staffordshire, England, to the south of the former Tixall Hall.
1.2 miNE
Canal
Black country ring
31 min walk • The Black Country Ring is a UK canal ring composed of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Birmingham Main Line, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Coventry Canal and Trent and Mersey Canal.