Lapley

Worth seeing in and around Lapley

4 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
   Pennocrucium

   Pennocrucium was a Romano-British settlement and military complex located at present day Water Eaton, just south of Penkridge, Staffordshire, with evidence of occupation from the mid-1st century until the 4th century. The settlement was mentioned in the 2nd century Antonine Itinerary, which described it as lying 12 miles from Uxacona and 12 miles from Letocetum.

   3.6 km · archaeological site in Penkridge, South Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St John's Church, Stretton

   St John's Church, Stretton is the Church of England parish church of Stretton, South Staffordshire.

   1.7 km · church in Stretton, South Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Belvide Reservoir

   Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1833 to supply the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, and has been managed as a nature reserve since 1977.

   3.1 km · Canal feeder reservoir and nature reserve in south Staffordshire, England. · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Stretton Aqueduct

   Stretton Aqueduct is a short cast iron canal aqueduct between Stretton and Brewood, and near to Belvide Reservoir, in south Staffordshire, England. Designed by Thomas Telford and bearing his name plus its date of construction, 1832, it carries the Shropshire Union Canal 30 feet over the A5 road at a skewed angle.

   2.2 km · canal aqueduct in Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Lapley

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Birmingham (BHX), 41 km · East Midlands (EMA), 59 km · Manchester (MAN), 71 km

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Lapley

  32 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £3.5–5
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Lapley

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £9–12
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Lapley

  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lapley

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

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