English Heritage sites near Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
10 miles from Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
WHITE LADIES PRIORY
10 miles from Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
WALL ROMAN SITE
12 miles from Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
LILLESHALL ABBEY
13 miles from Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting.
CROXDEN ABBEY
15 miles from Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
IRON BRIDGE
19 miles from Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
The world’s first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn here in 1779 by Abraham Darby III. Costing over £6000, the bridge was cast in his Coalbrookdale foundry, using 378 tons of iron.
Churches in Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
Bednall: All Saints
Pubs in Acton Trussell and Bednall Parish
Catch Corner
Wolverhampton Road, Acton Gate, Stafford, ST18 9AP
(01785) 245867
greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/staffordshire...
Moat House
Lower Penkridge Road, Acton Trussell, ST17 0RJ
(01785) 712217
moathouse.co.uk/