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Castles of Staffordshire - Caverswall

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Staffordshire Map

ALTON

CASTLE RING

CAVERSWALL

CHARTLEY

ECCLESHALL

STAFFORD

TAMWORTH

TUTBURY

Staffordshire is not a county over-endowed with Castles, but amongst those that are there are some superb examples, best of all being Tamworth - one of the finest preserved medieval Castles in England.

Roy and Andrew at Alton Towers

Staffordshire is mostly made up of low-lying clay soil and this gave rise to the Potteries - centred mostly around Stoke-on-Trent and dominated by the figure of Josiah Wedgewood whose famous blue and white designs are known worldwide. Elsewhere the north of the county is largely rural with the south, and in particular the "Black Country" centred on Wolverhampton being much more urban as you approach the West Midlands conurbation. One of the most attractive towns in the county is Lichfield, famed for its Cathedral but lacking a Castle.

In the far north east of the county the Peak District National Park begins, and Britain's most famous Theme Park, Alton Towers, is near to the Castle of Alton.

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