Atherstone
Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.
Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Located in the far north of the county, Atherstone is on the A5 national route, and is adjacent to the border with Leicestershire which is here formed by the River Anker. It is situated between the larger towns of Tamworth and Nuneaton. Atherstone is the administrative centre of the North Warwickshire district, with the offices of North Warwickshire Borough Council located in the town.
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Worth seeing in and around Atherstone
7 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.
- 01Manduessedum
Manduessedum or Manduesedum was a Roman fort and later a civilian small town in the Roman Province of Britannia. It was located on and immediately to the east of the site of the modern village of Mancetter, located in the English county of Warwickshire, close to the modern town of Atherstone.
1.7 km · archaeological site in Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hartshill Castle
Hartshill Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Hartshill on the outskirts of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. It is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register due to erosion, structural problems and vandalism; most notably when the castle was damaged by vandals in October 2016.
4 km · castle in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hartshill Hayes Country Park
Hartshill Hayes Country Park is a country park located immediately west of the village of Hartshill in northern Warwickshire, England in between the towns of Nuneaton and Atherstone. The park covers 137 acres of woodland, and is run by Warwickshire County Council.
3.8 km · country park in Warwickshire, England · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Church, Atherstone
St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. The stonework in the tower is in poor condition and hence the church is listed on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register.
0 m · church in Atherstone, North Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Baxterley Church
Baxterley Church is situated at the western side of the parish of Baxterley, Warwickshire, towards Wood End, and dates from the 12th century.
5.3 km · church in Wood End, Kingsbury, North Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Merevale Hall
Merevale Hall is a private country house in Merevale, near Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.4 km · English country house in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Mary The Church of Our Lady, Merevale
St. Mary The Church of Our Lady Merevale, is a historic parish church in Merevale, Warwickshire is known for its Jesse window.
1.8 km · church in Merevale, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Things to do
- 01Atherstone Ball Game
Shrove Tue 3-5PM (date varies in late Feb-early Mar).
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Where to eat
Long Street has several chip shops. The Fish Inn, 62 Long Street. Great fish or chicken and chips, burgers, etc.
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Getting to Atherstone
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 19 km · East Midlands (EMA), 32 km · Manchester (MAN), 99 km
- Stations
- Atherstone railway station, 400 m
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Atherstone111 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £14–18
- London → Atherstone153 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Atherstone109 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Atherstone
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 Atherstone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Atherstone
Atherstone is 19 km from Coventry, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- North Warwickshirenon-metropolitan district with borough status in Warwickshire, England300 m
- Mancettervillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom1.6 km
- Dordonvillage in Warwickshire, England5.3 km
- Baxterleyvillage in Warwickshire, England, UK3.2 km
- Baddesley Ensorvillage in Warwickshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Hartshillvillage and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom4.7 km