Yorton railway station
Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England. It is 7¼ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line towards Crewe.Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Yorton Railway Station”, “Yorton Station”, and “YRT”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Church of All Saints.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1,000 feet south of Yorton railway station.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 1 mile east of Yorton railway station.
Sleap Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Donald Farnworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sleap Airfield is located 10 NM north of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Sleap Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee. Sleap Airfield is situated 2 miles northwest of Yorton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yorton and Clive.
Yorton
Village
Photo: al partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yorton is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the county town of Shrewsbury and south of the town of Wem.
Clive
Village
Photo: J Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clive is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. Clive is situated around the west side of Grinshill Hill. Grinshill sandstone, from the nearby quarry at Grinshill is used throughout the village for building material from walls and houses to the village church.
Grinshill
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Grinshill is a small village, and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. The parish is one of the smallest in the district. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 274.
Yorton railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Clive, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.80909° or 52° 48′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.73637° or 2° 44′ 11″ westElevation
299 feet (91 metres)Operator
Transport for Wales RailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“YRT”Open location code
9C4VR757+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7138068385OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Yorton railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Yorton”
- Dutch: “Station Yorton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ياورتون”
- French: “gare de Yorton”
- French: “Yorton”
- Urdu: “یورٹن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Yorton”
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Nearby Places
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