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Craven Arms

Craven Arms

Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in , England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of and respectively.
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  • Type: Town with 2,600 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Craven Arms, Shropshire”
  • Postal code: SY7

Places of Interest

Highlights include Land of Lost Content and Craven Arms railway station.

Museum
The was a museum in Craven Arms, , that collected everyday objects such as toys, magazines and packaging. The museum's name was taken from Poem XL in A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad.

Railway station
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Craven Arms, in , England. Until 1974, it was known as Craven Arms and Stokesay, after the nearby coaching inn and the historic settlement of to the south.

is a museum in southern , just south of Craven Arms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halford and Stokesay.

Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in south , England. It lies just east of the market town of Craven Arms, on the other side of the River Onny.

Village
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Hamlet
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet and parish in , England. To the east is the town of Craven Arms.

Craven Arms

Latitude
52.43965° or 52° 26′ 23″ north
Longitude
-2.83564° or 2° 50′ 8″ west
Population
2,600
Elevation
404 feet (123 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB VMA
Open location code
9C4VC5Q7+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1320758384
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2652061
Wiki­data ID
Q869556
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Craven Arms” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Craven Arms”
  • Basque: “Craven Arms”
  • Cebuano: “Craven Arms”
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  • French: “Craven Arms”
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  • Italian: “Craven Arms”
  • Ladin: “Craven Arms”
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Craven Arms”
  • Persian: “کریون آرمز”
  • Polish: “Craven Arms”
  • Romanian: “Craven arms”
  • Romanian: “Craven Arms”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کریون آرمز”
  • Spanish: “Craven Arms”
  • Swedish: “Craven Arms”
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  • Volapük: “Craven Arms”
  • Welsh: “Craven Arms”
  • “Craven Arms”

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