Foxfield Steam Railway
(1 Mile)*
Experience the nostalgia of this unique Heritage Steam Railway for a five and a half mile round journey, winding gently through some of North Staffordshire's most picturesque countryside.
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Etruria Industrial Museum
(6 Miles)*
The focus of Eturia Industrial Museum is Jesse Shirley's Bone & Flint Mill, built in 1857 to grind materials for the pottery and agricultural industries.
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Ford Green Hall
(7 Miles)*
Ford Green Hall is a seventeenth century house complete with period garden. It was home to the Ford family for almost two centuries.
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 Alton Towers
(8 Miles)*
Alton Towers is Britain's biggest and best known Theme Park If you are looking for a day packed full of excitement and fun, you will find it here.
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Izaak Walton's Cottage
(9 Miles)*
Izaac Walton is best remembered for writing the 'The Compleat Angler' which was completed in 1653. The following year he bought the Halfhead Estate which included the cottage.
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Biddulph Grange Garden
(11 Miles)*
An unusual Victorian Garden, restored by the National Trust. Containing a series of connected gardens including a Chinese temple, Egyptian Court, Dahlia Walk, Scottish Glen, Parterres, Avenues and many other settings.
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The Ancient High House
(11 Miles)*
Stafford's Ancient High House has been one of the most important buildings of the town for over four hundred years. Its late Elizabethan architecture makes it particularly distinctive among its 20th century neighbours.
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Dorothy Clive Garden
(12 Miles)*
The Dorothy Clive Garden is intimate and informal. It embraces a variety of landscape features, including a superb woodland garden, an alpine scree, a damp garden and spectacular summer flower borders.
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Stafford Castle & Visitors Centre
(12 Miles)*
This prominent vantage point and strategic site was quickly recognised by the Normans, who built a huge timber fortress here by 1100 AD. Extensively rebuilt in the Gothic Revival Style in 1813, the castle fell into ruin through this century.
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Rode Hall
(12 Miles)*
A beautiful country house with extensive gardens near Congleton, Cheshire. Snowdrop Walks in mid-February.
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Sudbury Hall
(14 Miles)*
The ideal family day out - an intriguing house, an entertaining museum and a restful garden.
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National Trust Museum of Childhood
(14 Miles)*
Situated in the 19th century service wing of Sudbury Hall, the Museum contains fascinating displays about children from the 18th century onwards.
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High Peak Trail & Cromford Canal
(16 Miles)*
Completed in 1794, the Cromford Canal stretched 14.5 miles to Langley Mill joining the Erewash Canal. By 1830 the Cromford and High Peak Railway was opened. The canal now only has water from Cromford to Ambergate. The railway is a walkway and cycle track.
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Gawsworth Hall
(17 Miles)*
Gawsworth Hall is an ancient Manor House wrapped in romance, intrigue and great charm. On a tour of Gawsworth's historic rooms, you will see fine paintings, furniture, sculpture and stained glass.
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Museum of Cannock Chase
(18 Miles)*
For a great day out why not visit the Museum of Cannock Chase. There's lots to see and do, whether it is a walk down 'memory lane', through the domestic life and coal mining galleries, or a ramble over the Hednesford Hills.
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