Astley

Worth seeing in and around Astley

4 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
   Haughmond Abbey

   Haughmond Abbey is a ruined, medieval, Augustinian monastery a few miles from Shrewsbury, England. It was probably founded in the early 12th century and was closely associated with the FitzAlan family, who became Earls of Arundel, and some of their wealthier vassals and allies.

   4 km · Augustinian abbey in Uffington, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield

   St Mary Magdalene's Church is in the village of Battlefield, Shropshire, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It was built on the site of the 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury between Henry IV and Henry "Hotspur" Percy, and was originally intended as a chantry, a place of intercession and commemoration for those killed in the fighting.

   2.4 km · church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Albrighton Hall

   Albrighton Hall near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is a house which is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. It was built in 1630 for the Ireland family and remained in this family for the next five generations until 1804.

   3.3 km · house in Albrighton, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals

   St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3.7 km · church in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Astley

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 64 km · Manchester (MAN), 71 km · Birmingham (BHX), 73 km

• Liverpool → Astley

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £8–11
  GuideToday
• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Astley

  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £10–13
  GuideToday
• Birmingham, West Midlands → Astley

  63 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–9
  GuideToday
• From anywhere

  The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
  Plan a trip

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

No local-transport research exists yet for Astley

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

If you know how people move in Astley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.