English Heritage sites near Haughton Parish
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
8 miles from Haughton Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
WHITE LADIES PRIORY
8 miles from Haughton Parish
Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
LILLESHALL ABBEY
9 miles from Haughton Parish
Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting.
IRON BRIDGE
16 miles from Haughton Parish
The world’s first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn here in 1779 by Abraham Darby III. Costing over £6000, the bridge was cast in his Coalbrookdale foundry, using 378 tons of iron.
BUILDWAS ABBEY
17 miles from Haughton Parish
The impressive ruins of this Cistercian abbey have an idyllic setting near the River Severn. Unaltered 12th century church and beautiful vaulted chapter house with tiled floor.
WALL ROMAN SITE
17 miles from Haughton Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
No churches found in Haughton Parish
Pubs in Haughton Parish
Bell Inn
Newport Road, Haughton, ST18 9EX
(01785) 780301
bellhaughton.co.uk/
New Inn
The pub was on the corner of Jolt Lane and High Street, it became a beerhouse in 1834. Eley's Brewery of Stafford offered the property to let in March 1904 and again in June 1905. There were 6 tenants between 1904 and 1919 when the pub clos...
Railway Inn
The building became the Shutt Heath beerhouse in about 1834, was renamed the Bridge Inn when a new bridge was built over the Stafford to Wellington railway line which opened in 1849 and became the Railway Inn in 1905. Many of the licensees...
Red Lion
The pub was part of Red Lion Farm. The licence was recommended for refusal in 1908 but was renewed. The pub closed in 1920 but the building continued as the farmhouse and a farm shop. They were demolished in 1999 and Brookfields Court built...
Shropshire Inn
Newport Road, Haughton, ST18 9HB
(01785) 780904
theshropshireinnhaughton.co.uk/