Astonfields Balancing Lakes
Astonfields Balancing Lakes is a nature reserve in Stafford District, Staffordshire, England. Astonfields Balancing Lakes is situated nearby to the suburb Holmcroft, as well as near Beaconside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stafford railway station and Ancient High House.
Stafford railway station
Railway station
Photo: TheFrog001, CC0.
Stafford is a major interchange railway station in Stafford, Staffordshire, England; it is the second busiest in the county, after Stoke-on-Trent. It serves the market and county town, as well as surrounding villages.
Ancient High House
Museum
Photo: Stocksy, Public domain.
The Ancient High House is an Elizabethan town house located on the main street in Stafford. The house was constructed in 1595 by the Dorrington family, from local oak, which anecdotally came from the nearby Doxey Wood, and is the largest timber framed town house in England.
William Salt Library
Library
Photo: Simon Huguet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The William Salt Library is a library and archive, in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Supported by Staffordshire County Council, it is a registered charity, administered by an independent trust in conjunction with the Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service, which also operates the county archives from an adjacent building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stafford and Doxey.
Stafford
Photo: Stocksy, Public domain.
Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles north of Wolverhampton, and 24 miles northwest of Birmingham.
Doxey
Village
Doxey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England; it is a north-western suburb of Stafford. It became a civil parish on 1 April 2005.
Creswell
Village
Photo: Nthep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Creswell is a small village on the north-western edge of Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire, England situated on elevated ground above the wide floodplain and extensive marshes of the River Sow.
Astonfields Balancing Lakes
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Stafford District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8209° or 52° 49′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.1123° or 2° 6′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C4VRVCQ+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 97752040OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stafford Rangers and Sandon Road Baptist Church.
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