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Mermaid's Pool is a legend linked to a pool located in the mountainous ridges of The Roaches in Staffordshire. According to legend, it's said to share something of a mysterious link with the Atlantic ocean, yet be poisonous to animals and fish. Legend has it, too, that the mermaid appears but once a year on Easter Eve at midnight.

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ALTON TOWERS Alton Towers is a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England. It attracts around 2.8 million visitors per year. Alton Towers is the 11th most visited theme park in Europe. It is based north of the village of Alton in Staffordshire, in the grounds of a semi-ruined gothic revival country house ...

ANCIENT HIGH HOUSE The Ancient High House is an Elizabethan town house in Stafford. It is the largest timber framed town house in England. The house was constructed in 1594 by the Dorrington family, from local oak. In 1642 Charles I stayed in the ancient high house, at the start of the English Civil War ...

BIDDULPH GRANGE Biddulph Grange is a National Trust house and landscaped gardens, situated in Biddulph near Stoke-on-Trent. It was developed by James Bateman (1811-1897), the accomplished horticulturist and landowner; he inherited money from his father, who had become rich from coal and steel businesses. ...

CANNOCK CHASE Cannock Chase is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cannock Chase is located between Cannock, Lichfield, Rugeley and Stafford ...

LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary ...

MOW COP CASTLE Mow Cop Castle is at Mow Cop, near Harriseahead in the county of Staffordshire, England. Traces of a prehistoric camp have been found here, but in 1754, Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built an elaborate summerhouse looking like a medieval fortress and round tower ...

STAFFORD CASTLE Stafford Castle is the ruined remains of a 19th century recreation of a medieval castle in the town of Stafford in England. A castle was originally built on the site in 1100 by the Normans to control the still hostile and rebellious native community after their invasion in 1066 ...

WESTON PARK Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles north-east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire ...

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