The Glacial Boulder is a chunk of granite which travelled from Scotland to Staffordshire in an ice sheet during the last Ice Age. After being found in a pit in …
Castle Ring is an Iron Age hill fort that occupies the highest spot in Cannock Chase. Roughly 2,500 years old, the fort would have been an important settlement in Iron …
The bundle beeches are quite a sight. These ancient trees were planted close together, supposedly to improve the view from Hatherton Hall. As they grew their branches fused together creating …
After his crushing defeat in the Battle of Worcester in 1651, King Charles II fled for his life. Charles set out to cross the River Severn into Wales, but was …