Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Shropshire.

Places of interest

• Churnet Valley Railway
• Alton Towers
• Lichfield Cathedral http://www.lichfield-cathedral.org/
• Shugborough Hall http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/live/welcome.asp?id=24
• Blithfield Hall
• Dovecliff Hall
• Festival Park
• Ford Green Hall, Smallthorne
• Madeley Old Hall
• Moseley Old Hall, Featherstone
• Sandon Hall
• Whitmore Hall
• Biddulph Grange
• Eccleshall Castle
• Mow Cop Castle
• Stafford Castle
• Tamworth Castle
• Tutbury Castle
• Croxden Abbey
• Broad Eye Windmill, Stafford
• Cheddleton Flint Mill, watermill
• Watermill housing Brindley Water Museum, Leek
• Izaak Walton Cottage Museum
• Weston Park
• Cannock Chase
• Hazel Slade Reserve
• RSPB Coombes Valley
• National Memorial Arboretum http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/arboretum/
• Trentham Gardens
• Rudyard Lake
• Tittesworth Reservoir http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/staffs/tittesworth/
• Chasewater http://www.chasewater.org.uk/
• River Trent
• River Blythe
• River Churnet
• Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
• Caldon Canal
• Coventry Canal
• Shropshire Union Canal
• Trent and Mersey Canal, Harecastle Tunnel
• Heritage railways: Chasewater Railway, Foxfield Steam Railway, Manifold Valley Railway
• Long distance footpaths: Heart of England Way, Staffordshire Way