The Great Tower

The Great Tower is a ruins in Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst, Shropshire, England. The Great Tower is situated nearby to the ruins Moreton Corbet Castle, as well as near Gatehouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Bartholomew, Moreton Corbet and Church of St Andrew.

Church of St Bartholomew, Moreton Corbet

Church

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew is situated 3,100 feet northeast of The Great Tower.

Acton Reynald Hall

Building

Photo: John Preston Neale, Public domain.

Acton Reynald Hall is a 19th-century country house at Acton Reynald, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The Corbet family abandoned nearby Moreton Corbet Castle as a residence in about 1800 after their 17th-century hall had been enlarged and improved for their occupation. Acton Reynald Hall is situated 1½ miles west of The Great Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanton upon Hine Heath and Shawbury.

Stanton upon Hine Heath

Village

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stanton upon Hine Heath is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. The River Roden flows through the village. Author Mary Webb lived with her parents in Stanton from 1896 to 1902, at house then called The Woodlands, later called Harcourt Manor.

Shawbury

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shawbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The village is 8 miles northeast of Shrewsbury and 12 miles northwest of Telford. The village straddles the A53 between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton.

Acton Reynald

Village

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Acton Reynald is a village in the north of Shropshire, England. The village is more of a hamlet in that it does not contain a public house, Post Office, or any other features typically associated with villages. Acton Reynald is situated 1½ miles west of The Great Tower.

The Great Tower

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.80426° or 52° 48′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.65242° or 2° 39′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C4VR83X+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1271517543

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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