Fauld Crater

Fauld Crater is an explosion crater in Hanbury, East Staffordshire, England. Fauld Crater is situated nearby to the historic site RAF Fauld Munitions Storage Depot, as well as near the pitch Hanbury & Draycott Crown Green Bowls Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Werburgh and Tutbury Castle.

Church of St Werburgh

Church

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Church of St Werburgh is situated 3,900 feet west of Fauld Crater.

Tutbury Castle is a largely ruined medieval castle at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, in the ownership of the Duchy of Lancaster and hence currently of King Charles III. Tutbury Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Fauld Crater.

Tutbury and Hatton railway station

Railway station

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Tutbury and Hatton Station is a railway station in England, served by trains on the Crewe to Derby Line, which is a Community Rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway. Tutbury and Hatton railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Fauld Crater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanbury and Coton in the Clay.

Hanbury

Village

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hanbury is a rural village and civil parish 3.3 miles west-north-west of Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is bounded to the north by the River Dove.

Coton in the Clay

Hamlet

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Coton in the Clay is a hamlet.

Draycott in the Clay

Hamlet

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Draycott in the Clay is a village and civil parish within the English county of Staffordshire. The population of the village was 845 at the 2021 census. Draycott in the Clay is situated 1½ miles west of Fauld Crater.

Fauld Crater

Type: Explosion crater
Category: historic site
Location: Hanbury, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.84694° or 52° 50′ 49″ north

Longitude

-1.7303° or 1° 43′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C4WR7W9+QV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 24384002

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=bomb_crater

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=embankment

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RAF Fauld Munitions Storage Depot and Hanbury & Draycott Crown Green Bowls Club.

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