Shrewton
Shrewton is a village and civil parish on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, around 6 miles west of Amesbury and 14 miles north of Salisbury. It lies on the A360 road between Stonehenge and Tilshead.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,720 residents
- Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shrewton, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Maddington and St George’s Church, Orcheston.
St Mary’s Church, Maddington
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the Maddington area of Shrewton, Wiltshire, in the west of England, was built in the late 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
St George’s Church, Orcheston
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Church in Orcheston, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Appleford School
School
Appleford School is a private specialist dyslexia school near Shrewton in Wiltshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cursus Barrows and Tilshead.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus, in Wiltshire, England. Cursus Barrows is situated 3 miles east of Shrewton.
Tilshead
Village
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tilshead is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England, about 9 miles northwest of the town of Amesbury. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and West Lavington and is near the source of the River Till. Tilshead is situated 3½ miles northwest of Shrewton.
Stonehenge Landscape
Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the Neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage. Stonehenge Landscape is situated 3½ miles east of Shrewton.
Shrewton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Shrewton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19418° or 51° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.90375° or 1° 54′ 14″ westPopulation
1,720Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)Open location code
9C3W53VW+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 21760175OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637890Wikidata ID
Q2434944
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Shrewton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shrewton”
- Cebuano: “Shrewton”
- Chinese: “Shrewton”
- Dutch: “Shrewton”
- French: “Shrewton”
- Irish: “Shrewton”
- Italian: “Shrewton, Wiltshire”
- Italian: “Shrewton”
- Ladin: “Shrewton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shrewton”
- Persian: “شروتون”
- Polish: “Shrewton”
- Spanish: “Shrewton”
- Swedish: “Shrewton”
- Turkish: “Shrewton”
- Welsh: “Shrewton”
- “Shrewton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Blind House and Shrewton Cricket Club.
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