Selattyn and Gobowen

Selattyn and Gobowen is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The smaller village of Selattyn is in the west of the parish, and the larger village of Gobowen in the east. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 4,016.

Type: Locality with 4,120 residents
Description: civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Selattyn and Gobowen (civil parish), Shropshire” and “Selattyn and Gobowen, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gobowen railway station and Old Oswestry.

Gobowen railway station

Railway station

Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gobowen railway station is a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line of the former Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside via Birmingham Snow Hill line, serving the village of Gobowen in Shropshire, England.

Old Oswestry

Archaeological site

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Old Oswestry is a large early Iron Age hill fort in the Welsh Marches near Oswestry in north west Shropshire, England. The earthworks, which remain one of the best preserved hill forts in the UK, have been described as "The Stonehenge of the Iron Age Period".

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen, near Oswestry, Shropshire, England is a specialist orthopaedic hospital which provides elective orthopaedic surgery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oswestry and Chirk.

Oswestry

Photo: P.khiao, CC0.

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.