Defford

Worth seeing in and around Defford

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
   Croome Court

   Croome Court is a mid-18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot, near Upton-upon-Severn in south Worcestershire, England. The mansion and park were designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown for George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry, and they were Brown's first landscape design and first major architectural project.

   3.7 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Malvern Hills, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Pershore Abbey

   Pershore Abbey, at Pershore in Worcestershire, was a Benedictine abbey with Anglo-Saxon origins until the reformation. The remaining part of the abbey church is now a Church of England parish church, the Church of the Holy Cross.

   3.8 km · church in Pershore, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St John the Baptist's Church, Strensham

   St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Strensham, Worcestershire, 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.

   2.7 km · church in Strensham, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Mary Magdalene's Church, Croome D'Abitot

   St Mary Magdalene's Church is a former Anglican church in the grounds of Croome Court, at Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire, 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.

   3.7 km · church in Croome D'Abitot, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Pershore Town Hall

   Pershore Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Pershore, a town in Worcestershire, in England. Originally commissioned as a post office, it is now the headquarters of Pershore Town Council.

   4 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Eckington Bridge

   Eckington Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Avon in Eckington in the English county of Worcestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

   900 m · bridge in Wychavon, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Defford

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 48 km · Bristol (BRS), 89 km · East Midlands (EMA), 99 km

Stations

Eckington railway station, 2.1 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Defford

  46 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £5–7
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• Bristol → Defford

  77 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Defford

  117 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £13–17
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