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

Marquis Drive Visitor Centre© Mick Malpass / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Penkridge StationPenkridge

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

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

Cannock Chase

National Landscape near Milford

Heathland and forest, an accessible AONB.

4.7 km SE

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

8.2 km SW · spans 14 counties

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.

8.5 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Staffordshire Way, a 92-mile long-distance path running from Mow Cop to Kinver Edge, England.

Staffordshire Way

Long-distance path

Mow Cop to Kinver Edge behind the Staffordshire Knot waymark — gritstone, Cannock Chase heath and red sandstone to finish.

0.2 km E · Staffordshire, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, a 46-mile canal running from Great Haywood Junction to Stourport-on-Severn, central England.

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Canal

Brindley's cross-country link of 1772 from the Trent & Mersey to the Severn, ending at the purpose-built port of Stourport.

0.7 km E · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands

Photo of the Shropshire Union Canal, a 67-mile canal running from Wolverhampton to Ellesmere Port, England.

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.

5.6 km SW · Cheshire, Staffordshire & Shropshire

Photo of Brewood, a village in Staffordshire, central England.

Brewood

Village

Handsome canal-side village of Georgian houses around a medieval church, on the Shropshire Union, with the gothic folly of Speedwell Castle at its centre.

6.2 km SW · Staffordshire

Photo of Cannock Chase Country Park, a country park near Milford, Staffordshire, central England.

Cannock Chase Country Park

Country park near Milford

A country park in Staffordshire.

6.3 km E

Photo along the Heart of England Way, a 104-mile long-distance path running from Cannock Chase to Bourton-on-the-Water, England.

Heart of England Way

Long-distance path

The Midlands' green spine, from Cannock Chase through the old Forest of Arden to Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds.

6.4 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of German Military Cemetery, a Grade I registered house & garden near Milford in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, central England.

German Military Cemetery

House & garden near Milford

Almost 5,000 German and Austrian war dead beneath granite headstones set among purple heather.

6.8 km E

Photo of Broad Eye Windmill, a windmill in Staffordshire, central England.

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.

9.3 km N

Photo of Moseley Old Hall, a house & garden near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, central England.

Moseley Old Hall

House & garden near Wolverhampton

A National Trust place in Staffordshire.

9.7 km S

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

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.