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Acton Scott

Acton Scott is a village and parish near Church Stretton in Shropshire, England.

The place

Acton Scott is a village and parish near Church Stretton in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 104. It lies in the Shropshire Hills area of outstanding natural beauty. The settlement was recorded as Actune in the 1086 Domesday Book.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Acton Scott

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Woolston

    Woolston, in the south of the county of Shropshire, England, is a hamlet located in the parish of Wistanstow, one mile northwest of that village, near Craven Arms. In the mediaeval period the name was variously spelt Wolfreston, Wolureston and Wylfriston; the Domesday Book survey recorded that in 1066 it had been held by Spirtes the priest along with Wistanstow.

    3.9 km · village between Church Stretton and Craven Arms, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Acton Scott

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 72 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 93 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km
Stations
Church Stretton railway station, 4 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Acton Scott
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £9–12
  • Liverpool → Acton Scott
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £11–15
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Acton Scott
    115 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £13–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Acton Scott

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Acton Scott. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    195 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    227 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    374 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    410 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    433 km

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