SHORT BREAK ROUTES (click the highlighted attractions for a website link)
Base - Stoke on Trent – Base: 3˝ days return at 8hrs per day – 55 miles & 30 locks.
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Nature reserve at Colwich Brickworks. |
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Great Haywood home to Shugborough Hall and weekend retreat of Lord Lichfield famous photographer & Cousin to the Queen. |
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Staffordshire’s oldest licensed pub at Salt - The Hollybush Inn. |
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Attractive town of Stone. |
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Stoke on Trent heart of the Potteries. Home to the Wedgwood China and Spode factories, Waterworld indoor pool complex and Etruria Industrial Museum. |
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Fradley Junction with pretty canalside properties, nature walk & Swan Inn pub. |
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Picturesque Hopwas Woods alongside the Coventry Canal. |
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Short detour to Drayton Manor Theme Park. |
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The historic Tamworth Castle dating back to the 1100’s. |
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Tamworth Snowdome for the adventurous |
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The famous Hatting town of Atherstone and it’s flight of 11 locks. |
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Merevale Park with the remains of the 12th-C abbey and pretty 13th-C Church. |
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Nature reserve at Colwich Brickworks. |
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Great Haywood home to Shugborough Hall and weekend retreat of Lord Lichfield famous photographer & Cousin to the Queen. |
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Cannock Chase Country Park listed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has many Sites of Special Scientific Interest. |
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The County town of Stafford home to the Ancient High House tallest timber frame town house in England built in 1595. Nearby Stafford Castle dating back 900 years. |
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The large wooded estate of Teddesley Park. |
STAFFORDSHIRE