Halford Wood
Halford Wood is a forest in Craven Arms, Shropshire, England. Halford Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Lower Dinchope, as well as near Upper Dinchope.Places of Interest
Highlights include Craven Arms railway station and Flounders’ Folly.
Craven Arms railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craven Arms railway station serves the town of Craven Arms, in Shropshire, England. Until 1974, it was known as Craven Arms and Stokesay, after the nearby coaching inn and the historic settlement of Stokesay to the south.
Flounders’ Folly
Photo: Jon Rob, Public domain.
Flounders' Folly is a tower built in 1838 on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms at the western end of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 80 feet tall, 16 feet square and clearly visible on the skyline from the Cardiff–Crewe railway line, just north of Craven Arms, or from the A49 Shrewsbury to Hereford road.
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre is a museum in southern Shropshire, just south of Craven Arms.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craven Arms and Sibdon Carwood.
Craven Arms
Town
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively.
Sibdon Carwood
Hamlet
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sibdon Carwood is a hamlet and parish in Shropshire, England. To the east is the town of Craven Arms.
Stokesay
Village
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stokesay is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
Halford Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Craven Arms, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.4477° or 52° 26′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.8152° or 2° 48′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C4VC5XM+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 178368618OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Localities in the Area
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