Sutton upon Tern

Worth seeing in and around Sutton upon Tern

6 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
   Market Drayton

   Market Drayton is a market town and civil parish on the banks of the River Tern in Shropshire, England. It is close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders.

   2.7 km · market town in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Longford

   Longford is a small village near the town of Market Drayton, Shropshire, England. It is just off the A53, near to Ternhill and lies in the parish of Moreton Say.

   3.3 km · village near Market Drayton in Shropshire, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal

   The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal was a canal in England which ran from Nantwich, where it joined the Chester Canal, to Autherley, where it joined the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Forming part of a major link between Liverpool and the industrial heartlands of the Midlands, the canal was opened in 1835, and merged with the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company in 1845, which became the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company in the following year.

   3.5 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tyrley Canal Cutting

   Tyrley Canal Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located at Tyrley on the Shropshire Union Canal approximately 2.5 miles south of Market Drayton, to the east of the A529 in Shropshire, England. The site is SSSI designated as it is the best available site in the area for the Keele Formation, which is probably Late Carboniferous in age.

   2.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Buntingsdale Hall

   Buntingsdale Hall is a historic country house in the parish of Sutton upon Tern, to the southwest of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It became a Grade II* listed building on 14 February 1979.

   1.7 km · building in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of Saint Mary

   St Mary's Church, Market Drayton, stands on the top of a prominent outcrop of red sandstone rock above the River Tern. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   2.6 km · church in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sutton upon Tern

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 54 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 56 km · Birmingham (BHX), 69 km

Stations

Tern Hill Airfield, 2.9 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Sutton upon Tern

  69 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £8–11
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• Liverpool → Sutton upon Tern

  67 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Sutton upon Tern

  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £7–9
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