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Whittington

Whittington

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  • Type: Village with 1,480 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Whittington, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whittington Castle and Church of St John the Baptist.

Castle
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is a castle in northern , England, owned and managed by the Preservation Fund. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the 13th century by one with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey.

Church
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Stadium
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Stadium is a football stadium to the north-east of , Shropshire, England. It was opened by Shropshire County Council in 1993, originally as the home of Oswestry Town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gobowen and Oswestry.

Village
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is a village in , England, about 3 miles north of . The population according to the 2011 census was 3,270. is situated 2 miles northwest of Whittington.

Photo: Edward Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town and historic railway town in , close to the Welsh border. is the largest settlement within the Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.

Village
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St Martin's is a village and civil parish in , England, just north of and east of , Wales on the England–Wales border. is situated 3 miles north of Whittington.

Whittington

Latitude
52.8754° or 52° 52′ 31″ north
Longitude
-3.00226° or 3° 0′ 8″ west
Population
1,480
Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)
Open location code
9C4RVXGX+53
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29762268
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634014
Wiki­data ID
Q3811275
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Whittington” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Whittington (Shropshire)”
  • Basque: “Whittington”
  • Cebuano: “Whittington (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Shropshire)”
  • Cebuano: “Whittington”
  • Dutch: “Whittington”
  • French: “Whittington”
  • Irish: “Whittington”
  • Italian: “Whittington (Shropshire)”
  • Italian: “Whittington”
  • Japanese: “ウィッティントン”
  • Japanese: “ホイッティントン”
  • Ladin: “Whittington (Shropshire)”
  • Ladin: “Whittington”
  • Latin: “Quitentona”
  • Persian: “وایتینگتون، شروپ‌شر”
  • Polish: “Whittington”
  • Spanish: “Whittington”
  • Swedish: “Whittington (distrikt i Storbritannien, Shropshire)”
  • Swedish: “Whittington, Shropshire”
  • Turkish: “Whittington, Shropshire”
  • Welsh: “Whittington, Swydd Amwythig”
  • Welsh: “Whittington”
  • Welsh: “Y Dre-wen”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whittington Post Office and Whittington Cricket & Bowls Club.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Whittington”. Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.