Aston Cantlow
Aston Cantlow is a village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Alne 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Wilmcote, close to Little Alne, Shelfield, and Newnham.
Aston Cantlow is a village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Alne 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Wilmcote, close to Little Alne, Shelfield, and Newnham. It was the home of Mary Arden, William Shakespeare's mother. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,674, being measured again as 437 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Aston Cantlow
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.
- 01Mary Arden's Farm
Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House or Glebe Farm, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare, the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, a nearby farm was conserved in the 20th century as "Mary Arden's Farm", but has been subsequently renamed Palmer's Farm.
2.8 km · farmhouse and museum in Wilmcote, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, associated with William Shakespeare · Wikipedia - 02All Saints Church, Billesley
All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Billesley, Warwickshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.9 km · church in Stratford-on-Avon, UK · Wikipedia - 03Wootton Wawen Aqueduct
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.
3.9 km · aqueduct in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Edstone Aqueduct
Edstone Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts on a 4-mile length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. At 475 feet, Edstone is the longest cast iron aqueduct in England.
2.6 km · aqueduct in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aston Cantlow
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 25 km · East Midlands (EMA), 74 km · London Luton (LTN), 106 km
- Stations
- Wilmcote railway station, 3.1 km · Bearley railway station, 3.4 km · Wootton Wawen railway station, 3.6 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Aston Cantlow91 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–12
- London → Aston Cantlow141 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Aston Cantlow103 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £12–16
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Next door to Aston Cantlow
Aston Cantlow is 27 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Wootton Wawenvillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Kinwartonvillage in Warwickshire, England, UK1.9 km
- Wilmcotevillage in Warwickshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Billesleyvillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom3 km