Picturesque Penkridge

27th June 2023.

27th June 2023.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penkridge, Tuesday 27th June 2023 (Author’s Collection)

The beautiful village of Penkridge in Staffordshire was my first port of call on a day of exploration once more of local towns and villages straddling the Shropshire border as well as my first relaxed walk through this picturesque village beside the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

The opening paragraph to the Wikipedia page for the village tells a perfectly succinct story that will loosely match my own:

“The wealthiest establishment in Penkridge in the Middle Ages, its collegiate church building survived the abolition of the chantries and is the tallest structure in the village centre. The parish is crossed towards its eastern border by the M6 motorway and a separate junction north of the M6 toll between the West Midlands and Stoke-on-Trent. Penkridge has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line railway next to the Grade I listed medieval church. Penkridge Viaduct and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal are to either side of Market Street and the Old Market Square and are among its landmarks”.

So without further ado, here is a pictorial stroll through the village as a late morning became an early afternoon of Tuesday 27th June 2023 and I sincerely hope you enjoy the picturesque stroll through beautiful Penkridge.

A “Perfect Timing” moment on arrival at “Filance Bridge” with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal snaking left and north, north east.

“Filance Lock” in central Penkridge.

A perfect representation of the winding canal “cut” through the surrounding countryside of this central England locale.

The second of two canal locks here in Penkridge entitled “Longford Lock” and as you can see, it’s in perfect working order!

Reflections from the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

A “Perfect Timing Moment” befitting such a wonderful morning’s stroll.

A return view from “Penkridge Bridge” overlooking the entirety of the central lock and the return walk ahead.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penkridge — Part 1.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penkridge — Part 2.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penkridge — Part 3.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Penkridge — Part 4.

All action at Penkridge Bowling Club!

ADDED EXTRA: St James Church in nearby Acton Trussell — Part 1.

ADDED EXTRA: St James Church in nearby Acton Trussell — Part 2.

Thanks for reading. Please feel free to visit my “UK Travel” library here or alternatively, here are my three most recently published articles from this Summer of 2023:

A morning return to Wheaton Aston
Shropshire Union Canal, Friday 23rd June 2023.medium.com

Locks, Locks and more Locks, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
21st June 2023.medium.com

Ironbridge Regatta, 25th June 2023
A pictorial stroll beside the River Severn.medium.com