Great Haywood

Worth seeing in and around Great Haywood

10 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
   Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

   The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the Midlands of England. It is 46 miles long, linking the River Severn at Stourport in Worcestershire with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction by Great Haywood.

   900 m · canal in the West Midlands, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Shugborough inscription

   The Shugborough Inscription is a sequence of letters – O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M on a lower plane – carved on the 18th-century Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England, below a mirror image of Nicolas Poussin's painting the Shepherds of Arcadia. It has never been satisfactorily explained, and has been called one of the world's top uncracked ciphertexts.

   1.1 km · Sequence of letters – O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M – carved on the 18th-century Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ingestre Hall

   Ingestre Hall is a Grade II* 17th-century Jacobean mansion situated at Ingestre, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Formerly the seat of the Earls Talbot and then the Earls of Shrewsbury, the hall is now owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and is in use as a residential arts and conference centre.

   2.8 km · Grade II* 17th-century Jacobean mansion in Ingestre, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Shugborough Hall

   Shugborough Hall is a stately home near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. The mansion house is situated on the edge of Cannock Chase, about 5.8 miles east of Stafford and 4.7 miles from Rugeley.

   1.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Colwich, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Tixall Gatehouse

   Tixall Gatehouse is a 16th-century gatehouse situated at Tixall, near Stafford, Staffordshire and is all that remains of Tixall Hall which was demolished in 1927. The gatehouse is a Grade I listed building.

   2.2 km · Grade I listed building in Tixall, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Haywood Junction

   Haywood Junction, or Great Haywood Junction, is the name of the canal junction where the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal terminates and meets the Trent and Mersey Canal near to the village of Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England.

   700 m · canal junction near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Garden bridge

   The Garden bridge in the grounds of Shugborough Hall is a cast-iron footbridge in Staffordshire, England. Dated to around 1800, It is notable as an example of chinoiserie and complements a Chinese House which is believed to be somewhat earlier.

   1.1 km · Grade I listed bridge at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Essex Bridge

   Essex Bridge is a Grade I listed packhorse bridge over the River Trent near Great Haywood, Staffordshire, England. Spanning the Trent 100 metres downstream of its confluence with the River Sow, it was built in the late sixteenth century by the Earl of Essex, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. The Earl lived nearby at Chartley Castle.

   1 km · Grade I listed bridge in Staffordshire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Tixall Wide

   Tixall Wide, also known as Tixall Broad or The Broad Water, is a body of water that forms part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Tixall in Staffordshire, England, to the south of the former Tixall Hall. The lake was probably created during the construction of the canal in 1771.

   1.8 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Staffordshire County Museum

    Staffordshire County Museum is housed in the servants' quarters of Shugborough Hall, Milford, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The museum features a restored Victorian kitchen, laundry and brewhouse as well as permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions.

    1.3 km · museum in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Great Haywood

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 43 km · East Midlands (EMA), 45 km · Manchester (MAN), 63 km

Stations

Colwich railway station, 2.3 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Haywood

  37 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £4.5–6
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Great Haywood

  59 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–9
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Great Haywood

  76 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–12
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