Cheney Longville

Worth seeing in and around Cheney Longville

6 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
   Stokesay Castle

   Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire. It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, on the earlier castle founded by its original owners the de Lacy family, from whom it passed to their de Verdun heirs, who retained feudal overlordship of Stokesay until at least 1317.

   3.6 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Mary's Church, Hopesay

   St Mary's Church is in the village of Hopesay, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.

   3.4 km · church in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cheney Longville Castle

   Cheney Longville Castle was in the village of Cheney Longville to the north of Craven Arms, Shropshire. It is a much restored 14th century fortified manor house.

   300 m · fortified manor house in Shropshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   2.4 km · village between Church Stretton and Craven Arms, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Land of Lost Content

   The Land of Lost Content was a museum in Craven Arms, Shropshire, that collected everyday objects such as toys, magazines and packaging. The museum's name was taken from Poem XL in A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad.

   2.6 km · museum in Craven Arms, Shropshire · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St John the Baptist, Stokesay

   The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed Church of England church in Stokesay, Shropshire, England, adjacent to Stokesay Castle. The church first dates from around 1150, and was probably the chapel to the castle.

   3.6 km · Grade I listed parish church in Stokesay, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cheney Longville

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 75 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 97 km · Manchester (MAN), 106 km

Stations

Craven Arms railway station, 2.2 km · Stretford Bridge Junction Halt railway station, 1.2 km · Wistanstow Halt railway station, 1.7 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Cheney Longville

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–13
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• Liverpool → Cheney Longville

  106 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £12–16
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Cheney Longville

  121 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £13–18
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