Flounders' Folly - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
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About Flounders' Folly
Flounders’ Folly is the landmark stone tower standing 80 feet above Callow Hill, near Craven Arms, South Shropshire. The Folly is visible for miles around and provides visitors with spectacular views. Constructed in 1838 by Benjamin Flounders , was restored in 2004-2005 by the Flounders’ Folly Trust and is now open to the public one day each month. enabling visitors to scale the 78 steps to the viewing platform and enjoy the wonderful views of the South Shropshire landscape.
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Attractions Near Flounders' Folly
Stokesay Castle
4.15km from Flounders' Folly
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
4.84km from Flounders' Folly
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm is a wonderful visitor attraction with daily activities, traditional craft and trade courses and special events. It offers a fascinating insight into rural life at the turn of the 19th century, as farm life unfolds daily and the land around is worked by heavy horses. There are daily demonstrations of period skills and visits from the Wheelwright, Farrier and Blacksmith, providing a picture of life as it might have been on a Victorian country estate.
Shropshire Hills AONB
5.18km from Flounders' Folly
This is a beautiful landscape of diversity and contrast created by varied geology, the Shropshire Hills provide a dramatic link between the Midlands and the Welsh mountains. It is rich in geology and wildlife. This distinctive area of the Anglo-Welsh borders is where remote upland merges into pastoral lowland.
Stokesay Court
6.62km from Flounders' Folly
Stokesay Court is a country house and estate in the parish of Onibury in Shropshire, England. Described by John Newman, in the Shropshire volume of Pevsner's Buildings of England, as "the most grandiloquent Victorian mansion in the county", Stokesay is a Grade II* listed building.
Ragleth Hill
6.77km from Flounders' Folly
Ragleth Hill is a summit in the region or range in England. Ragleth Hill is 398 metres high. All the walking routes up Ragleth Hill on Mud and Routes can be found below. The top can be identified by the embedded rock in grass. Other Notes: . Ragleth Hill is a child summit of Caer Caradoc Hill. One of the nice trekking destination and also you can have some peaceful time here in the middle of nature.
Carding Mill Valley and the Long Mynd
9.65km from Flounders' Folly
Carding Mill Valley is a great place to begin your exploration of the beautiful Shropshire Hills. One of the p0luylar location with walkers and mountain bikers. The Long Mynd is a heath and moorland plateau that forms part of the Shropshire Hills in Shropshire, England. Unique locations and is famous among the adventure lovers.
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Shropshire
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Shropshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the southeast, and Herefordshire to the south.
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