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Photo of Great Haywood Bank, a country estate near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.

© Roger D Kidd / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Great Haywood Bank

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Great Haywood Bank is a National Trust estate in Staffordshire, open land that's free to roam. It is one of seven National Trust places the Albion Guide charts in the county. While you're in the area, you could follow the towpath along Trent & Mersey Canal, or pick up Staffordshire Way. The nearest railway station is Rugeley Trent Valley, about 6 km to the south-east.

More places to visit near Great Haywood Bank

Photo of Cannock Chase, a National Landscape in Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Cannock Chase

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Milford

Heathland and forest, an accessible AONB.

Photo of the Trent & Mersey Canal, a 93-mile canal running from Preston Brook to Shardlow, England.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

here · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo of Shugborough, a Grade I registered house & garden near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Shugborough

House & garden near Milford

Grand estate with mysterious monuments and follies.

0.6 km NW

Photo of Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase, a landmark near Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase

Landmark near Abbots Bromley

Solemn memorial on Cannock Chase to the Polish officers murdered at Katyn, set in light woodland near the German and Commonwealth war cemeteries.

6.4 km SE

Photo of Marquis Drive Visitor Centre, a visitor attraction near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Marquis Drive Visitor Centre

Attraction near Milford

Cannock Chase hub with a café and a preserved Great War hut, the starting point for heathland walks and family trails across the Chase.

6.9 km S

Photo of Abbots Bromley, a village in Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Abbots Bromley

Village

Timber-framed village with a market cross and an ancient church, famous for the Horn Dance that has wound through its streets each September for centuries.

8.7 km E · Staffordshire