Wistanstow

Worth seeing in and around Wistanstow

7 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
   Stokesay Castle

   Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire. It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, on the earlier castle founded by its original owners the de Lacy family, from whom it passed to their de Verdun heirs, who retained feudal overlordship of Stokesay until at least 1317.

   4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Woolston

   Woolston, in the south of the county of Shropshire, England, is a hamlet located in the parish of Wistanstow, one mile northwest of that village, near Craven Arms. In the mediaeval period the name was variously spelt Wolfreston, Wolureston and Wylfriston; the Domesday Book survey recorded that in 1066 it had been held by Spirtes the priest along with Wistanstow.

   1.9 km · village between Church Stretton and Craven Arms, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cheney Longville Castle

   Cheney Longville Castle was in the village of Cheney Longville to the north of Craven Arms, Shropshire. It is a much restored 14th century fortified manor house.

   2 km · fortified manor house in Shropshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Land of Lost Content

   The Land of Lost Content was a museum in Craven Arms, Shropshire, that collected everyday objects such as toys, magazines and packaging. The museum's name was taken from Poem XL in A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad.

   2.9 km · museum in Craven Arms, Shropshire · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St John the Baptist, Stokesay

   The Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade I listed Church of England church in Stokesay, Shropshire, England, adjacent to Stokesay Castle. The church first dates from around 1150, and was probably the chapel to the castle.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed parish church in Stokesay, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Callow Hill

   Callow Hill is a hill near the village of Lower Dinchope between Craven Arms and Ludlow in the English county of Shropshire. Its summit marks the highest point along the 31 kilometre length of Wenlock Edge.

   2.7 km · hill in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Flounders' Folly

   Flounders' Folly is a tower built in 1838 on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms at the western end of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 80 feet tall, 16 feet square and clearly visible on the skyline from the Cardiff–Crewe railway line, just north of Craven Arms, or from the A49 Shrewsbury to Hereford road.

   2.6 km · folly tower in Culmington, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wistanstow

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 74 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 97 km · Manchester (MAN), 105 km

Stations

Craven Arms railway station, 2.6 km · Stretford Bridge Junction Halt railway station, 1.2 km · Wistanstow Halt railway station, 300 m

• Birmingham, West Midlands → Wistanstow

  63 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–13
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• Liverpool → Wistanstow

  104 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £12–16
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wistanstow

  119 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £13–18
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