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Swan Pool & The Swag

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Swan Pool & The Swag is one of 22 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Midlands. The closest station is Walsall, about 4.4 km to the south-west. Cannock Extension Canal and Gentleshaw Common are among the SSSIs within 8.8 km.

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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.

5.3 km W · spans 14 counties

Photo of Letocetum (Wall Roman Site), an ancient site near Alrewas, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Letocetum (Wall Roman Site)

Ancient site near Alrewas

Roman staging post with visible bathhouse remains.

7.4 km NE

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.

8.5 km N · spans 4 counties

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

Cannock Chase

National Landscape near Milford

Heathland and forest, an accessible AONB.

8.8 km N

Photo of Lichfield Cathedral, a church in Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

Lichfield Cathedral

Church near Lichfield

The only medieval English cathedral with three spires, guarding the Lichfield Gospels, the carved Lichfield Angel and Flemish Herkenrode glass.

10.8 km NE

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.

12.1 km NW · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands