Oakengates

Oakengates is a historic market town and civil parish in the borough of , Shropshire, England. The town's parish population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census.
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  • Type: Town with 8,520 residents
  • Description: town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Oakengates, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oakengates railway station and Holy Trinity Church.

Railway station
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serves the town of Oakengates, , , England. It has two platforms. Rail services are primarily provided by West Midlands Trains with Transport for Wales providing a service on late evenings through the week, and a limited service on Sundays.

Church
Photo: Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Telford and Donnington.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a new town in the ceremonial county of , . It is administratively located in the West Midlands region, and is now by far the largest town in Shropshire, being the residence for 165,000 people.

Suburb
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is a village in the parish of and Muxton in the borough of in , England. The population of Ward was 6,883 at the 2011 census. is situated 1½ miles north of Oakengates.

Town
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is a former mining town and civil parish in the borough of , , England. It was originally proposed to be the main centre of the ' New Town' plan in 1963, however it was decided in 1968 to name the new town as 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford. is situated 2 miles south of Oakengates.

Oakengates

Latitude
52.69522° or 52° 41′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.45207° or 2° 27′ 8″ west
Population
8,520
Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)
Open location code
9C4VMGWX+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27459104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2641130
Wiki­data ID
Q2183778
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Oakengates” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Oakengates”
  • Basque: “Oakengates”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াকেনগেইট”
  • Cebuano: “Oakengates”
  • Chinese: “Oakengates”
  • Chinese: “奥肯盖茨”
  • Chinese: “奧肯蓋茨”
  • Dutch: “Oakengates”
  • French: “Oakengates”
  • German: “Oakengates”
  • Gujarati: “ઑકેનગેટ્સ”
  • Irish: “Oakengates”
  • Italian: “Oakengates”
  • Japanese: “オークンゲイツ”
  • Japanese: “オーケンゲーツ”
  • Kannada: “ಓಕೆಂಗೇಟ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “오큰게이트”
  • Ladin: “Oakengates”
  • Latin: “Usoconna”
  • Latin: “Uxacona”
  • Lithuanian: “Oukengats”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oakengates”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oakengates”
  • Persian: “اوکنگیتز”
  • Polish: “Oakengates”
  • Portuguese: “Oakengates”
  • Russian: “Окенгейтс”
  • Russian: “Оукенгейтс”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوکنقیتز”
  • Spanish: “Oakengates”
  • Swedish: “Oakengates”
  • Tamil: “ஓகேங்கட்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “ఓకెన్ గేట్స్”
  • Urdu: “اوکن گیٹس”
  • Volapük: “Oakengates”
  • Welsh: “Oakengates”
  • “Oakengates”

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