Sheriffhales
Sheriffhales is a scattered village in Shropshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Telford, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Shifnal and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Newport.
Sheriffhales is a scattered village in Shropshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Telford, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Shifnal and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Newport. The name derives from Halh (Anglican) and scīr-rēfa which is a combination of Hales and Sheriff. At the time of the Domesday Book, it was held by Roger de Balliol the Sheriff of Shropshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Sheriffhales
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.
- 01Lilleshall Hall
Lilleshall Hall is a large former country house and estate at Sheriffhales, Shropshire, England. It is run by Serco Leisure Operating Ltd on behalf of Sport England as one of three National Sports Centres, alongside Bisham Abbey and Plas y Brenin.
2.4 km · country house in Sheriffhales, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Woodcote Hall
Woodcote Hall is a house built in 1875, in use as a nursing home, situated on the edge of Newport, Shropshire, England, on the Staffordshire border. It is grade II listed.
3.2 km · house in Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote, Telford and Wrekin, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Lilleshall Abbey
Lilleshall Abbey was an Augustinian abbey in Shropshire, England, today located 6 miles north of Telford. It was founded between 1145 and 1148 and followed the austere customs and observance of the Abbey of Arrouaise in northern France.
3 km · monastery in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary
The Church of St Mary, Sheriffhales, is a Church of England place of worship in the village of Sheriffhales, near the eastern edge of Shropshire, although for most of its history the parish was mainly in Staffordshire, with a small portion in Shropshire. The history of the church goes back at least to the Norman period — possibly into Anglo-Saxon times.
400 m · church in Sheriffhales, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sheriffhales
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 50 km · East Midlands (EMA), 70 km · Manchester (MAN), 72 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Sheriffhales40 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £4.5–6
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Sheriffhales85 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–13
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Sheriffhales86 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sheriffhales
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 Sheriffhales. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Sheriffhales
Sheriffhales is 40 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Uxaconasettlement of the Roman Empire3.6 km
- Chetwynd Aston and Woodcotecivil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire3.9 km
- Great Chatwellvillage in Staffordshire, England, UK3.8 km