Thornes

Thornes is a hamlet in Shenstone, Lichfield District, England. Thornes is situated nearby to the village Stonnall, as well as near the hamlet Lynn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aston Manor Road Transport Museum and Shenstone railway station.

Aston Manor Road Transport Museum

Museum

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Aldridge Transport Museum, home to the Aston Manor Road Transport Museum's collection of vehicles is an independent transport museum in Aldridge, Walsall, England. Aston Manor Road Transport Museum is situated 1½ miles southwest of Thornes.

Shenstone railway station

Railway station

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Shenstone railway station serves the village of Shenstone, in Staffordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch, Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley. Shenstone railway station is situated 2 miles east of Thornes.

Little Aston Hall

Manor estate

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Little Aston Hall is a Georgian country house in Little Aston, Staffordshire, England. The original hall building is Grade II listed. It was constructed around 1730 by Richard Scott of nearby Great Barr Hall, in a Georgian style with a park and lake. Little Aston Hall is situated 2 miles southeast of Thornes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonnall and Hilton.

Stonnall

Village

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Stonnall is a village in Staffordshire, England, close to Shenstone, Brownhills, Walsall Wood and Aldridge. It is divided into Upper Stonnall, Stonnall and Lower Stonnall — Upper Stonnall partly lies in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall; the remainder of the village is in the district of Lichfield.

Hilton

Hamlet

Hilton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies within the parish of Wall, about three miles from Lichfield. It is formed around two roads, Cranebrook Lane and Pouk Lane.

Walsall Wood

Suburb

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Walsall Wood is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands county, England. It is midway between the towns of Aldridge and Brownhills, as well as Walsall and Lichfield. Walsall Wood is situated 1½ miles west of Thornes.

Thornes

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Shenstone, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.62895° or 52° 37′ 44″ north

Longitude

-1.89187° or 1° 53′ 31″ west

Elevation

436 feet (133 metres)

Open location code

9C4WJ4H5+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8268732195

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13276682

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