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Eccleshall
Town in Staffordshire, England

Eccleshall

Eccleshall is a town and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England.

Plan a trip to Eccleshall→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

It is located seven miles northwest of Stafford, and six miles west-southwest of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France.

Get in

Getting to Eccleshall

The closest motorway is the M6 from Birmingham to Gretna in Scotland. The A519 goes directly through Eccleshall.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Holy Trinity Church

    The tombs of five Bishops of Lichfield lie in the church, that of William Overton beside the altar being particularly notable.

  2. 02
    Eccleshall Castle

    Eccleshall Castle was the palace of the Bishop of Lichfield.

  3. 03
    Mill Meece Pumping Station
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Old Smithy

    Castle Street.

  2. 02
    London House Restaurant

    28 High St, ST21 6BZ.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.