Photo of Trentham Monkey Forest, a visitor attraction near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.

Trentham Monkey Forest© Mike Peel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Norton Bridge StationNorton Bridge

20 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Trentham Monkey Forest

Attraction near Barlaston

Sixty acres of Staffordshire woodland roamed freely by 140 Barbary macaques, walked on foot along a forest path on the Trentham Estate.

9.3 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

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

4.7 km NE · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Lymestone Brewery

Brewery near Stone

Micro-brewery in the market town of Stone brewing craft beers and running regular brewery tours from its taproom.

5.4 km NE

Downs Banks

Country estate near Barlaston

A National Trust place in Staffordshire.

7.6 km N

Broad Eye Windmill

Windmill near Stafford

Seven-storey stone tower mill of 1796 beside the Sow in Stafford, the tallest windmill in the Midlands, built from stone of the demolished Shire Hall.

8.1 km SE

The Holly Bush Inn

Pub near Salt

Thatched, low-beamed village inn near Stafford, held to be among the oldest licensed pubs in England and known for its own-grown food.

8.8 km E

Shropshire Union Canal

Canal

Telford's dead-straight last great canal, running embankment-and-cutting from the Black Country to the Mersey at Ellesmere Port.

9.8 km SW · Cheshire, Staffordshire & Shropshire

Everything else within 10 km (13) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

The Mill at WorstonPub2.2 km S
EccleshallVillage4.2 km W
Eccleshall CastleCastleaccess unclear4.4 km W
Doxey and Tillington MarshesSSSIaccess unclear5.6 km SE
Multivallate hillfort at Bury BankHillfortaccess unclear6.1 km N
Ranton PrioryPrioryaccess unclear6.6 km SW
Cop MereSSSIaccess unclear6.7 km W
Stafford CastleCastleaccess unclear8.3 km S
Berry RingHillfortaccess unclear8.9 km S
Battle of Hopton HeathBattlefield8.9 km E
King's and Hargreaves WoodsSSSIaccess unclear9.3 km N
Doley CommonSSSI9.7 km SW
Loynton MossSSSIaccess unclear9.8 km SW

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.