Wolston

Worth seeing in and around Wolston

3 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
   Brandon Castle

   Brandon Castle was sited overlooking the River Avon between the virtually adjacent villages of Brandon and Wolston in Warwickshire, which in turn lie between the town of Rugby and city of Coventry. It was originally a 12th-century earthwork motte and bailey fortress founded by Geoffrey de Clinton.

   700 m · castle in Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   29th Division War Memorial

   The 29th Division War Memorial is a war memorial beside the junction of the A45 and the B4455 near Stretton-on-Dunsmore, near Rugby, Warwickshire. It commemorates the service of the British 29th Division during the First World War.

   2.3 km · war memorial in Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Brandon Viaduct

   Brandon Viaduct is a railway viaduct crossing the River Avon between the villages of Brandon and Wolston in Warwickshire. It carries the Birmingham Loop line and is roughly halfway between Rugby and Coventry.

   600 m · 1830s railway viaduct in Brandon and Bretford, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wolston

Airports

Birmingham (BHX), 25 km · East Midlands (EMA), 51 km · London Luton (LTN), 90 km

• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wolston

  66 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–10
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• London → Wolston

  130 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £13–18
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• Luton, Luton → Wolston

  87 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wolston

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

If you know how people move in Wolston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.