Attractions and Places To See around Shareshill - Top 20

The Monarchs Way will run on a permissive path through farmers fields, avoiding the official route along the lane. I may not have been paying attention but I saw no exit from this path and before I knew it, I was in an area marked "ticket holders only". The only way out was through the gift shop!

The Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery is the largest German military cemetery in the United Kingdom. The Cemetery contains the graves of nearly 5,000 German nationals who lost their lives in the UK during the First and Second World Wars. The fallen were gathered from cemeteries across the UK in the 1960s, and include the crews from four Zeppelin airships. The grounds of the Cemetery are exceptionally well maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Cemetery is tranquil and thought-provoking and is well worth a visit. There are also informative guided tours that explain who is buried and that recount the stories of individual notable graves.

Hednesford Hills, in conjunction with Cannock Chase, serves as an exceptional and expansive illustration of heathland. These areas are a scarce phenomenon in the lowland regions of England, presenting a traditional landscape that has endured largely unchanged for numerous centuries. Notably, the Marquis of Anglesey generously bestowed the majority of this land to Cannock Chase Council on March 7th, 1933, preserving this remarkable landscape for future generations.

Once a prosperous manor, Wrottesley Park was held by the Wrottesley family until the estate was put up for sale and its assets fragmented in the 1960s. Today the area comprises a private golf course, orchards, a 'pick your own fruit' farm, a lost medieval village and a moated manor house. In 1696, a grand new hall was built here but was sadly destroyed by a fire in 1897, which destroyed valuable items such as a set of ancient English Chronicles and a first folio of Shakespeare's works. In 1923, the hall was rebuilt but on a much smaller scale.

The Katyn Memorial on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, UK. Inscription Reads: In memory of 25,000 Polish prisoners of war and professional classes who were murdered on Stalin's orders by the Soviet Secret Police in 1940 at Katyn Forest, Kharkov, Miednoye, Kozielsk, Starobielsk, Ostaszkov and elsewhere. Finally admitted in 1990 by the USSR after 50 years of shameful denial of the truth. About the memorial: Situated on a small road off Camp Road, Cannock Chase, in Remembrance of 25.000 Polish Prisoners of War. Rock with a model of a bird in flight at the top also the Polish emblem and the Polish Flag are shown. Written on what appears to be marble in gold lettering. Bricked paving up to and around the Memorial

Boscobel House will be closed from 30th December 2019 until summer 2020 due to redevelopment work. Check the website for updates: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/boscobel-house-and-the-royal-oak.

Boscobel House and its Royal Oak became famous after King Charles II used them both as hideouts after defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The stunning house was built in the 1630s and is now managed by English Heritage. Boscobel House is Grade II-listed.