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Belvide Reservoir

Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1833 to supply the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, and has been managed as a nature reserve since 1977. It has been used to study the effect of water level changes on bird populations.

Located at 52.686, -2.193 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Nature reserves in Staffordshire, Canal reservoirs in England, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire, Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire, Works of Thomas Telford, Shropshire Union Canal

Royal Oak

The Royal Oak is the English oak tree within which King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. Charles confirmed to Samuel Pepys in 1680 that while he was hiding in the tree, a Parliamentarian soldier passed directly below it. The story was popular after the Restoration, and is remembered every year in the English traditions of Royal Oak Day.

Located at 52.67, -2.24179 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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English Civil War, Individual oak trees, Visitor attractions in Shropshire, Charles II of England

Boscobel House

Boscobel House is a building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. It has been, at various times; a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Today it is managed by English Heritage.

Located at 52.6716, -2.2416 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Country houses in Shropshire, Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire, English Heritage sites in Shropshire, Historic house museums in Shropshire

Boscobel

Boscobel is a very small civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12. Because of its small population, it shares a parish council with the neighbouring Donington parish. It is the smallest parish in Shropshire by population - the smallest by area is Deuxhill.

Located at 52.671, -2.243 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Villages in Shropshire, Civil parishes in Shropshire

Stretton Aqueduct

Stretton Aqueduct is a short cast iron canal aqueduct between Stretton and Brewood, and near to Belvide Reservoir, in south Staffordshire, England. Designed by Thomas Telford and bearing his name plus its date of construction, 1832, it carries the Shropshire Union Canal 30 feet over Telford's A5 road at a skewed angle.

Located at 52.6943, -2.18941 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Works of Thomas Telford, Shropshire Union Canal, Bridges completed in 1833, Grade II listed buildings in Staffordshire, Navigable aqueducts in England

Lapley Priory

Lapley Priory was a priory in Staffordshire, England. It was a satellite house of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Remi or Saint-Rémy at Reims in Northern France.

Located at 52.714, -2.19 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Monasteries in Staffordshire, Alien priories in England, 11th-century establishments in England, Christian monasteries established in the 11th century, 15th-century disestablishments in England

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston

Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston is a civil parish in South Staffordshire, England. It contains, and is named for, the three villages of Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston (which is by far the largest settlement). The area is rural, with the Shropshire Union Canal passing through, and the A5 road forms the parish's southern border.

Located at 52.71, -2.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Civil parishes in Staffordshire, South Staffordshire

Black Ladies Priory

Black Ladies Priory was a house of Benedictine nuns, located about 4 km west of Brewood in Staffordshire, on the northern edge of the hamlet of Kiddemore Green. Founded in the mid-12th century, it was a small, often struggling, house. It was dissolved in 1538, and a large house was built on the site in Tudor and Jacobean styles by the Giffard family of Chillington Hall. Much of this is incorporated in the present Black Ladies, a large, Grade II*-listed, private residence.

Located at 52.6815, -2.2271 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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South Staffordshire, 12th-century establishments in England, 1538 disestablishments in England, Monasteries in Staffordshire, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century, Benedictine monasteries in England