River Arrow Nature Reserve, Alcester

#6 among attractions in Alcester

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River Arrow Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve located alongside the River Arrow in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. The reserve was set up by Stratford-on-Avon District Council and English Nature to benefit the Alcester community. The creation of the Reserve has allowed the habitat to be preserved and provides an area for local schools to study wildlife. ()

Elevation: 148 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°13'19"N, 1°52'30"W

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Alcester United Kingdom

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River Arrow Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coughton Court, St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church, Mary Arden's Farm, Alcester Town Hall.

1.5 miN
Historical place, Architecture, Museum
Coughton Court, Alcester
40 min walk • Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house, situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
1.4 miN
Church
St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church, Alcester
36 min walk • St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church is a Catholic church built between 1851 and 1853 by the Throckmorton family in the grounds of their family home, Coughton Court.
4.8 miE
Museum, William Shakespeare, History museum
Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon
123 min walk • Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare, the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare.
0.5 miSE
City hall
Alcester Town Hall, Alcester
13 min walk • Alcester Town Hall is the town hall of Alcester, Warwickshire, England. It is a grade I listed building.
4.1 miS
Bridge
Bidford Bridge
105 min walk • Bidford Bridge crosses the Avon at Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is a scheduled monument and is Grade I listed. The bridge is wider than a typical packhorse bridge.
1.9 miSW
Historical place, Architecture, Museum
Ragley Hall, Alcester
48 min walk • Ragley Hall is a stately home, located south of Alcester, Warwickshire, eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Hertford.
5.4 miNE
Bridge
Wootton Wawen Aqueduct
137 min walk • Wootton Wawen Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts on a 6 km length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. All are unusual in that the towpaths are at the level of the canal bottom.
6 miSE
Church
All Saints Church
154 min walk • All Saints Church is in the small village of Weston-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Gloucester, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the deanery of Campden.
6.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Beaudesert Castle, Henley-in-Arden
167 min walk • Beaudesert Castle was on a high mound overlooking the village of Beaudesert to the east of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
4.5 miSE
Church
St Peter
115 min walk • St Peter's Church is the Anglican church in the village of Binton in Warwickshire.
4.3 miW
Forts and castles
Inkberrow Castle, Inkberrow
111 min walk • Inkberrow Castle was situated in the village of Inkberrow in Worcestershire, some 10 km south of Redditch. It was a castle built between 1154 and 1216 which was destroyed in 1233.