Eccleshall

Worth seeing in and around Eccleshall

5 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
   Eccleshall Castle

   Eccleshall Castle is located in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England. It was originally built in the 13th century.

   600 m · castle in Eccleshall, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall

   Holy Trinity Church in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, is a Grade I listed Anglican church. The building dates mostly from the 13th century, and there was restoration in the 19th century.

   400 m · church in Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Seighford Hall

   Seighford Hall is a house that lies slightly to north-west of the core of Seighford, England. It appears to have later- 16th to early-17th origins but the radical later changes made to it – particularly in the 19th century – make an accurate assessment difficult.

   5.7 km · house in Seighford, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Eagle House

   Eagle House is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire town of Eccleshall, England, which is currently an award-winning bed and breakfast and Self catering Apartment.

   600 m · house in Eccleshall, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Abbey House

   Abbey House is an early 19th-century ruined stately home in Ranton, Staffordshire, England.

   4.9 km · country house in Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Holy Trinity Church

   The tombs of five Bishops of Lichfield lie in the church, that of William Overton beside the altar being particularly notable.

2. 02
   Eccleshall Castle

   Eccleshall Castle was the palace of the Bishop of Lichfield.

3. 03
   Mill Meece Pumping Station

From Wikivoyage: Eccleshall, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre

From Wikivoyage: Eccleshall, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   The Old Smithy

   Castle Street.

2. 02
   London House Restaurant

   28 High St, ST21 6BZ.

From Wikivoyage: Eccleshall, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Eccleshall

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 55 km · Birmingham (BHX), 56 km · East Midlands (EMA), 62 km

Stations

Seighford Airfield, 5.1 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Eccleshall

  69 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Eccleshall

  48 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Eccleshall

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eccleshall

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

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