Stoak

Worth seeing in and around Stoak

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
   Chester Zoo

   Chester Zoo is a zoo in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by George Mottershead and his family.

   3.1 km · zoological garden at Upton-by-Chester, in Cheshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Shropshire Union Canal

   The Shropshire Union Canal, sometimes nicknamed the "Shroppie", is a navigable canal in England. It is the modern name for a part of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company network.

   3.5 km · canal in North West England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ellesmere Canal

   The Ellesmere Canal was a waterway in England and Wales that was planned to carry boat traffic between the rivers Mersey and Severn. The proposal would have created a link between the Port of Liverpool and the mineral industries in north east Wales and the manufacturing centres in the West Midlands.

   3.5 km · canal in the United Kingdom, now known as the Llangollen Cana · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors

   St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the small village of Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and it is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   2.3 km · church in Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Oswald's Church, Backford

   St Oswald's Church is in the village of Backford, to the northwest of Chester, Cheshire, England, close to the A41 road and adjoining Backford Hall. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   2.9 km · church in Backford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Lawrence's Church, Stoak

   St Lawrence's Church is in the village of Stoak, Cheshire, England,. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   100 m · church in Stoak, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Chester Zoo monorail

   The Chester Zoo monorail was an internal transport system at Chester Zoo that operated from 1991 to 2019.

   3.1 km · transport system at Chester Zoo in England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Ellesmere Port Council Offices

   Ellesmere Port Council Offices is a municipal building in Civic Way in Ellesmere Port, a town in Cheshire, in England. The building served as the headquarters of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council but is now disused.

   3.7 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Oakfield Manor

   Oakfield Manor was originally a country house in Upton-by-Chester, near Chester, Cheshire, England. Since the 1930s it has been the headquarters of Chester Zoo.

   3.2 km · country house in Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Trafford Hall

    Trafford Hall is an 18th-century country house standing to the east of the village of Wimbolds Trafford in Cheshire, England, about 4½ miles northeast of the city of Chester. It is owned by The Regenda Group and operated as a youth hostel and training centre by the Youth Hostels Association.

    3.1 km · country house hotel standing to the east of the village of Wimbolds Trafford, in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Stoak

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 9 km · Manchester (MAN), 40 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 105 km

Stations

Ellesmere Port, 3.5 km · Ellesmere Port railway station, 3.8 km · Stanlow and Thornton railway station, 3.3 km · Hope Farm, 3.9 km · Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet, 1.8 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Stoak

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £6–8
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Stoak

  106 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £11–15
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Stoak

  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £15–20
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