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Bishop's Castle is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Acton, 41km from Llyn Clywedog.
Bishop's Castle is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Acton, about 5 km away.
Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893.
Bishop's Castle is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the Wales–England border, about 20 miles (30 km) north-west of Ludlow and about 20 miles (30 km) south-west of Shrewsbury. To the south isRead more
Clun and to the east is Church Stretton. The town is within an agricultural area and has also become known for its alternative community including artists, musicians, writers and craftspeople. The surrounding area is hillwalking country and Bishop's Castle is a "Walkers are Welcome Town", gaining the award in 2008. The long distance footpath the Shropshire Way runs through the town and Offa's Dyke is only a few miles to the west.
The ancient trackway of the Kerry Ridgeway, a prehistoric Bronze Age route, runs from the town. The BC Ring, a 60-mile (100 km) challenging route around the town, was published in 2008. The town has two micro-breweries, including the Three Tuns, the UK's oldest brewery.
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Within an hour or so of Bishop's Castle: Loton Park (26 km), Ironbridge Gorge (38 km), Llyn Clywedog (41 km), Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth) (45 km).
The nearest famous roads are Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth), B4391 Milltir Gerrig and B4574 Devil's Bridge to Cwmystwyth.
Bishop's Castle is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Acton.
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racetrack
A 1,475-yard hillclimb running through the deer park of a Shropshire country estate, twisting between mature trees with the hill's Museum Corner and Fallow bends. One of Britain's most scenic speed venues.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
38 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
A reservoir near Llanidloes held by Britain's tallest concrete dam, with a scenic loop road and views to Plynlimon.
41 km · about 45 min drive
famous road
An empty 1930s-built mountain road over the Cambrian desert past Claerwen, with cattle grids and no villages for 20 miles.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
One of the Victorian Elan Valley dams, its overflow curtain of water and island tower forming the classic Elan photograph.
46 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
World-famous 'Town of Books' on the Welsh border, packed with second-hand bookshops and host to a renowned annual literary festival.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Chain of Victorian dams and reservoirs built to supply Birmingham, their stone spillways thundering after rain, linked by a superb driving road through mid-Wales moorland. International Dark Sky Park with red kites overhead.
47 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
Wales's tallest single-drop waterfall at 73 metres, cascading through a natural rock arch in a remote Berwyn Mountains valley.
48 km · about 55 min drive
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 60km.
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