King Shaft
King Shaft is a historic site in Wootton, East Staffordshire, England. King Shaft is situated nearby to the forest Thorswood Plantation, as well as near Softlow Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Wootton Lodge.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Roger W Haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 1 mile southeast of King Shaft.
Wootton Lodge
Manor estate
Photo: Roger Temple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wootton Lodge is a privately owned 17th-century country house situated at Wootton near Ellastone, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Wootton Lodge is situated 2½ miles southwest of King Shaft.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles north of King Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calton and Waterhouses.
Calton
Village
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calton is a village and a former parochial chapelry and civil parish, now in the parish of Waterhouses, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Calton is situated 2 miles north of King Shaft.
Waterhouses
Village
Photo: Maxwell S W Birchenough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterhouses is a village in the south of the Staffordshire Peak District in England. It is around 8 miles from Leek and Ashbourne, being nearly the halfway point between the two towns on the A523 road, which roughly follows the southern boundary of the Peak District National Park. Waterhouses is situated 2½ miles northwest of King Shaft.
Norbury
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Norbury is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles north of Rocester, on the B5033 road and the River Dove. The hamlet has links with George Eliot's family, the Evans. Norbury is situated 3 miles south of King Shaft.
King Shaft
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wootton, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.02063° or 53° 1′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.8331° or 1° 49′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C5W25C8+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 14098688087OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine_shaft
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