Alcaston

Worth seeing in and around Alcaston

3 places 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.

   3.3 km · village between Church Stretton and Craven Arms, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Callow Hill

   Callow Hill is a hill near the village of Lower Dinchope between Craven Arms and Ludlow in the English county of Shropshire. Its summit marks the highest point along the 31 kilometre length of Wenlock Edge.

   2.2 km · hill in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Flounders' Folly

   Flounders' Folly is a tower built in 1838 on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms at the western end of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 80 feet tall, 16 feet square and clearly visible on the skyline from the Cardiff–Crewe railway line, just north of Craven Arms, or from the A49 Shrewsbury to Hereford road.

   2.1 km · folly tower in Culmington, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Alcaston

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 71 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 95 km · Manchester (MAN), 103 km

Stations

Stretford Bridge Junction Halt railway station, 3.7 km · Wistanstow Halt railway station, 2.7 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Alcaston

  60 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–12
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• Liverpool → Alcaston

  105 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £12–16
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Alcaston

  118 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Alcaston

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 Alcaston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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