Whitchurch

Whitchurch is a market town in the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban, in the north of , England. It lies 2 miles east of the border, 2 miles south of the border, 20 miles north of the county town of , 20 miles south of , and 15 miles east of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Town with 10,100 residents
  • Description: town in Shropshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Whitchurch, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitchurch Heritage Centre and St Alkmund’s Church.

Museum
Photo: Ian C Garner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Church
Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.
St Alkmund's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. By tradition, this church was founded in the 900s CE by the Anglo-Saxon Queen Æthelflæd.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Whitchurch, in , England. The station is 18¾ miles north of on the Welsh Marches Line. It is maintained and served by Transport for Wales.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alkington and Grindley Brook.

Village
Photo: Martin Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England, near Whitchurch and south of that town. The village is on limestone and is residential.

Village
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England, on the A41 trunk road 2 miles north west of the market town of Whitchurch. It is the most northerly settlement in Shropshire and borders directly onto , and is within the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Whitchurch.

Village
Photo: Martin Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ miles south of Whitchurch.

Whitchurch

Latitude
52.96929° or 52° 58′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.68385° or 2° 41′ 2″ west
Population
10,100
Elevation
331 feet (101 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WHC
Open location code
9C4VX898+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 24466233
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634124
Wiki­data ID
Q636627
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Whitchurch” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Whitchurch”
  • Basque: “Whitchurch (Shropshire)”
  • Basque: “Whitchurch”
  • Bengali: “হোচার্চ শহর”
  • Breton: “Whitchurch”
  • Breton: “Yr Eglwys Wen”
  • Catalan: “Whitchurch”
  • Cebuano: “Whitchurch”
  • Chinese: “惠特彻奇”
  • Chinese: “惠特徹奇”
  • Dutch: “Whitchurch”
  • Esperanto: “Whitchurch”
  • French: “Whitchurch”
  • German: “Whitchurch”
  • Gujarati: “વિટચર્ચ”
  • Hungarian: “Whitchurch”
  • Irish: “Whitchurch, Shropshire”
  • Irish: “Whitchurch”
  • Italian: “Whitchurch”
  • Japanese: “ウィッチチャーチ (シュロップシャー)”
  • Japanese: “ウィッチチャーチ”
  • Japanese: “ウィットチャーチ (シュロップシャー)”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಚ್ಚರ್ಚ್”
  • Korean: “휘트처치 어번”
  • Ladin: “Whitchurch”
  • Latin: “Album Monasterium”
  • Latin: “Blancom Monasterium”
  • Latin: “Bonium”
  • Lithuanian: “Vitčurčas Urbanas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whitchurch i Shropshire”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hwitcirice”
  • Persian: “ویتچورچ، شروپ‌شر”
  • Persian: “ویتچورچ”
  • Polish: “Whitchurch”
  • Portuguese: “Whitchurch”
  • Romanian: “Whitchurch, Shropshire”
  • Russian: “Уитчерч”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویتچورچ، شروپ‌شر”
  • Spanish: “Whitchurch, Shropshire”
  • Spanish: “Whitchurch”
  • Swedish: “Whitchurch, Shropshire”
  • Tamil: “விட்சர்ச்”
  • Telugu: “విట్చర్చ్”
  • Turkish: “Whitchurch, Shropshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Вітчорч”
  • Urdu: “وائٹ چرچ، شروپشائر”
  • Volapük: “Whitchurch”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Wen”
  • Welsh: “Yr Eglwys Wen”
  • “Whitchurch”

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