Knockin

Worth seeing in and around Knockin

2 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
   Montgomery Canal

   The Montgomery Canal, known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire. The canal runs 33 miles from the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction to Newtown via Llanymynech and Welshpool and crosses the England–Wales border.

   3 km · canal in Shropshire and Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Knockin Castle

   Knockin Castle is situated in the village of Knockin on Shropshire between Oswestry and Shrewsbury, England. This was a fortified residence on level ground founded by Guy le Strange between 1154 and 1160 and it remained the principal holding of the le Strange family for most of the Middle Ages.

   300 m · castle in Knockin, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Knockin

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 61 km · Manchester (MAN), 78 km · Birmingham (BHX), 92 km

Stations

Kinnerley Junction railway station, 2.5 km

• Liverpool → Knockin

  69 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £8–10
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Knockin

  91 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £11–15
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Knockin

  81 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Knockin

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

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