Preston upon the Weald Moors
Preston upon the Weald Moors is a village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. According to the 2021 census. the village had a population of 204.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 207 residents
- Description: village in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Preston”, “Preston upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire”, and “Preston-on-the-Weald Moors”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Chad and Apley Castle.
Apley Castle
Castle
Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Apley Castle was a medieval fortified manor in the village of Hadley, Shropshire, England. Apley Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Preston upon the Weald Moors.
Princess Royal Hospital
Hospital
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The Princess Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Apley Castle, Telford, England. It forms the Telford site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and serves patients in Telford and Wrekin, the rest of Shropshire, and Powys, in conjunction with the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Princess Royal Hospital is situated 2½ miles southwest of Preston upon the Weald Moors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donnington and Eyton upon the Weald Moors.
Donnington
Suburb
Photo: Mike White, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donnington is a village in the parish of Donnington and Muxton in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. The population of Donnington Ward was 6,883 at the 2011 census. Donnington is situated 2 miles southeast of Preston upon the Weald Moors.
Eyton upon the Weald Moors
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Bowyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eyton is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England on the south-west edge of the Weald Moors, north of Wellington. Naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton was born at Eyton Hall and owned the Eyton estate from succeeding to it in 1855. Eyton upon the Weald Moors is situated 2 miles west of Preston upon the Weald Moors.
Muxton
Suburb
Photo: A Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muxton is a village in the parish of Donnington and Muxton in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. It situated between the towns of Newport, Oakengates and Telford. Muxton is situated 2½ miles east of Preston upon the Weald Moors.
Preston upon the Weald Moors
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Preston upon the Weald Moors, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.73515° or 52° 44′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.47333° or 2° 28′ 24″ westPopulation
207Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C4VPGPG+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 392270687OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639900Wikidata ID
Q3876643
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Preston upon the Weald Moors” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- Dutch: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- French: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- Irish: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- Ladin: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- Latin: “Preston super Wildemor”
- Polish: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- Swedish: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
- Welsh: “Preston upon the Weald Moors”
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