Getting here
52.79371, -2.89857
Best for
3 activitiesPlaygrounds
Free82%playground, parking
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Heritage
Free55%Religious grounds — local heritage
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
7
4 named nearby · 3 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
10
10 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 13 · Walking22.1 km
Shropshire Way - stage 15 · Walking21.1 km
Severn Way (1) Source to Shrewsbury · Walking116 km
Shropshire Way - stage 14 · Walking22.1 km
Main Route · Cycling
Startlewood Lane · bridleway
About this religious grounds
St John the Baptist's Church is a religious grounds.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
Stained glass window in St John the Baptist church in Ruyton-XI-Towns
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
🅿️
Parking
1 nearby · 117m
🧺
Picnic spot
89m away
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Playground
4 · 101m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Nesscliffe Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfortHistoric site2.5 km→🌱Nesscliffe Hill Country ParkUrban park2.8 km→✦Tower keep castle immediately west of St John the Baptist's ChurchHistoric site100 m→🌱Baschurch ParkUrban park3.4 km→✦PRADOEHistoric site4.6 km→✦Churchyard cross, St John the Baptist's ChurchHistoric site0 m→