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Fradswell

Fradswell is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 7 miles (10 km) north-east of the town of Stafford and 7 miles (11 km) north of Colwich.

Fradswell
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The place

Fradswell is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 7 miles (10 km) north-east of the town of Stafford and 7 miles (11 km) north of Colwich. Fradwell was first mentioned as part of the Colwich parish in the Domesday Book, where it is listed as Frodawelle or Frodeswelle, and it is likely to have been an Anglian settlement established during the Dark Ages.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fradswell

One place 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
    Chartley Castle

    Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire, between Stafford and Uttoxeter. Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned on the estate in 1585.

    3.4 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Fradswell

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 47 km · Birmingham (BHX), 51 km · Manchester (MAN), 55 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Fradswell
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £6–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Fradswell
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £6–8
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Fradswell
    69 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £9–12
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fradswell

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

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    248 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    262 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    362 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    398 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    423 km

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Around it

Next door to Fradswell

Fradswell is 45 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Coton Hillhamlet in Milwich, Staffordshire, UK1.2 km