Sundorne
Sundorne is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, county town of Shropshire. It is located 2 km north of the town centre. The B5062 road begins at Heathgates Roundabout and is called Sundorne Road in the Sundorne area, before crossing the Shrewsbury by-pass at Sundorne Roundabout and heading east towards Newport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: human settlement in Shropshire, UK
- Also known as: “Sundorn Castle” and “Sundorne Castle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haughmond Abbey and The Church of the Holy Spirit, Harlescott.
Haughmond Abbey
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Haughmond Abbey is a ruined, medieval, Augustinian monastery a few miles from Shrewsbury, England. It was probably founded in the early 12th century and was closely associated with the FitzAlan family, who became Earls of Arundel, and some of their wealthier vassals and allies.
Haughmond Hill
Peak
Photo: ChrisJB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haughmond Hill is a small, shallow hill in the English county of Shropshire. It is covered by woodland for the most part, although there is an open cast quarry in use.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uffington and Harlescott.
Uffington
Village
Photo: Dpaajones, Public domain.
Uffington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 234. It lies between Haughmond Hill and the River Severn, 3 miles east from the town centre of Shrewsbury, at grid reference SJ53151395.
Harlescott
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harlescott is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, county town of Shropshire. It is one of the most industrial parts of the town, and is the 5th most deprived ward in non-metropolitan Shropshire Neighbouring suburbs include Sundorne to the east and Ditherington to the south.
Sundorne
- Categories: folly, suburb, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Uffington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7327° or 52° 43′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.69988° or 2° 41′ 60″ westPopulation
3,960Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
9C4VP8M2+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 512125307OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2636526Wikidata ID
Q7639806
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