The Belt
The Belt is a forest in Swinfen and Packington, Lichfield District, England. The Belt is situated nearby to the locality Keepers, as well as near the hamlet Swinfen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Staffordshire Regiment Museum and Shenstone railway station.
Staffordshire Regiment Museum
Museum
Photo: WarMagician, CC BY 3.0.
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is a military museum in Staffordshire, England, preserving the history of the Staffordshire Regiment, its antecedent regiments and its successor regiment, the Mercian Regiment, from 1705 to the present.
Shenstone railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Shenstone railway station serves the village of Shenstone, in Staffordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove/Redditch, Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley.
DMS Whittington
Military installation
Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington, is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarters of the Surgeon General and subordinate medical headquarters, and the location of the Defence Medical Academy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lichfield and Wall.
Lichfield
Photo: West Midlands Police, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lichfield is a city in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield retains its importance as an ecclesiastical centre, but its industrial and commercial development has been relatively small; the centre of the city thus retains an essentially old-world character, with pockets of historic charm.
Wall
Hamlet
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wall is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, just south of Lichfield. It lies on the site of the Roman settlement of Letocetum. The parish includes the small villages of Pipehill, Hilton and Chesterfield, and the tiny hamlet of Aldershawe, which is about 1⁄2 mi north of the village of Wall.
Hints
Hamlet
Photo: Angella Streluk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hints is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Canwell. In 2011 the parish had a population of 355.
The Belt
Latitude
52.6491° or 52° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.8017° or 1° 48′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C4WJ5XX+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 477552466OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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