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Photo of Twycross Zoo, a visitor attraction near Polesworth, Leicestershire, central England.

Twycross Zoo© Nigel Swales / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Polesworth StationPolesworth

26 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 Polesworth Abbey, an abbey in Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Polesworth Abbey

Abbey near Polesworth

Remains of Polesworth Abbey

0.8 km S

Photo of Twycross Zoo, a visitor attraction near Polesworth, Leicestershire, central England.Highlight

Twycross Zoo

Attraction near Polesworth

Family zoo in 100 acres near the Warwickshire border, the only UK zoo with all four great-ape species.

6.3 km NE

Photo of Hartshill Hayes Country Park, a country park near Astley, Warwickshire, central England.Highlight

Hartshill Hayes Country Park

Country park near Astley

A hilltop wood of 137 acres with long views across the Anker valley.

9.6 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Pooley Country Park, a country park near Polesworth, Warwickshire, central England.

Pooley Country Park

Country park near Polesworth

A country park in Warwickshire.

0.2 km NW

Photo of the Coventry Canal, a 38-mile canal running from Coventry Basin to Fradley Junction, central England.

Coventry Canal

Canal

A coal-carrying artery of the eighteenth century, from Coventry Basin to the Trent & Mersey at Fradley Junction.

0.5 km W · Warwickshire, Staffordshire & West Midlands

Photo of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, a 15-mile canal running from Birmingham to Fazeley Junction, central England.

Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

Canal

Out of central Birmingham down the Farmer's Bridge and Aston flights, carrying the network's traffic toward the Trent valley.

6.2 km W · West Midlands, Warwickshire & Staffordshire

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.

6.9 km W · spans 4 counties

Kingsbury Water Park

Country park near Coleshill

A country park in Warwickshire.

7.6 km SW

Photo of the River Mease, a 20-mile river running from Snarestone to River Trent at Croxall, central England.

River Mease

River

A small Midlands river on the Leicestershire border, protected along its whole length for its fish and its white-clawed crayfish.

7.9 km N · Leicestershire, Staffordshire & Derbyshire

Photo of the Ashby Canal, a 22-mile canal running from Marston Junction to Snarestone, central England.

Ashby Canal

Canal

A lock-free rural canal through the Leicestershire coalfield that never quite reached Ashby, passing Bosworth battlefield.

9.5 km NE · Leicestershire & Warwickshire

Everything else within 10 km (16) — 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.