Weston Park
Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire.Photo: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: Grade I listed country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Weston Hall” and “Weston Hall and service wings to north and east”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Oak and Boscobel House.
Royal Oak
Photo: Sjwells53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Oak was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Royal Oak is situated 2 miles southeast of Weston Park.
Boscobel House
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscobel House is a Grade II* listed 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. Boscobel House is situated 2 miles southeast of Weston Park.
St Mary’s Church, Blymhill
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
St. Mary's Church, Blymhill is an Anglican church in the village of Blymhill, Staffordshire, England. The building, which is a Grade I listed building, was constructed in the 14th century and restored and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. St Mary’s Church, Blymhill is situated 1½ miles north of Weston Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tong and Bishops Wood.
Tong
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood. Tong is situated 1½ miles southwest of Weston Park.
Bishops Wood
Village
Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood is a small village on the Staffordshire border with Shropshire. It is home to the Royal Oak public house, the first to be named after the nearby oak tree at Boscobel House in which King Charles II hid after the Battle of Worcester. Bishops Wood is situated 1½ miles east of Weston Park.
Boscobel
Hamlet
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boscobel was a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood. Boscobel is situated 2 miles southeast of Weston Park.
Weston Park
Latitude
52.68495° or 52° 41′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.28329° or 2° 16′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C4VMPM8+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 176933791OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q4019199
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Weston Park” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Weston Park”
- French: “Weston Park”
- German: “Weston Park”
- Italian: “Weston Park”
- Japanese: “ウェストン・パーク”
- Portuguese: “Weston Park”
- Spanish: “Weston Park”
- Welsh: “Parc Weston”
- Welsh: “Weston Park”
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