Maesbury
Maesbury is a small scattered community in Shropshire, England, south of the town of Oswestry, falling within the Oswestry Rural parish. The name is derived from maes, meaning field or plain in Brythonic Welsh, and burh, meaning fort in Old English.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Maesbury Marsh” and “Maesbury, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Baptist and Weston Wharf railway station.
Weston Wharf railway station
Railway station
Weston Wharf is a railway station on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' line in Shropshire on the former Oswestry and Newtown Railway. It is located off the A483 road, by Weston Road near the Shropshire village of Morda and the Weston Pools holiday village and fishery. Oswestry town centre lies 1+3⁄4 miles to the north.The station is next to the Stonehouse Brewery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maesbury Marsh and Morda.
Morda
Village
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morda is a village on the outskirts of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, located near the border of England with Wales. The village is named after the River Morda, a tributary of the River Vyrnwy. Morda is situated 1½ miles northwest of Maesbury.
Oswestry
Oswestry is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.
Maesbury
- Category: locality
- Location: Oswestry Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.82545° or 52° 49′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.03051° or 3° 1′ 50″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C4RRXG9+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 354714145OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Maesbury” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Maesbury”
- French: “Maesbury”
- Irish: “Maesbury”
- Polish: “Maesbury”
- Welsh: “Maesbury”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Newbridge and Ball Mill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fairhaven Camping And Glamping and Gronwyn Bridge Turning Point.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maesbury”. Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.