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

Shugborough© Mike Peel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Stafford StationStafford

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.

4.6 km E

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.

7.3 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.3 km N

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.

2.4 km E · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands

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.

5.6 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.

5.8 km E · spans 4 counties

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.

6.3 km SE · Staffordshire, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo of The Holly Bush Inn, a pub near Salt, Staffordshire, central England.

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.

6.3 km NE

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.

6.5 km NE · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo of St Mary's Church, Ingestre, a church in Staffordshire, central England.

St Mary's Church, Ingestre

Church near Ingestre

Rare rural church attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, a serene 1670s essay in relaxed classicism among the parkland of the Ingestre estate.

6.5 km E

Canalside Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Great Haywood

Farm shop, café and pick-your-own beside the Trent and Mersey Canal at Great Haywood, selling meat from its own fields and bakery goods.

7.7 km E

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.