Newport

Newport is a small market town in Shropshire, with a history dating back to the 12th century. It is home to several educational institutions, and has housed a wide range of notable people throughout the centuries.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newport Guildhall and Aqualate Mere.

Newport Guildhall

Town hall

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newport Guildhall is a large timber-framed municipal building in Newport, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Aqualate Mere

Lake

Photo: Roger Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aqualate Mere is the largest natural mere in the English Midlands. The lake, which is located in Staffordshire, is a legacy of the Last Glacial Period that ended 10,000 years ago. It is managed as a National Nature Reserve by Natural England.

Chetwynd Park

Park

Chetwynd Park is an 18th-century landscape garden with woodland, on the edge of Newport, Shropshire. The park can trace its history back to 1388, when it lay southeast of Chetwynd Park estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forton and Longford.

Forton

Village

Photo: Roger Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forton is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire. The civil Parish population at the 2011 census was 308.

Longford

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Church Aston, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

Newport

Type: Locality
Location: Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

52.7709° or 52° 46′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.3766° or 2° 22′ 36″ west

Elevation

236 feet (72 metres)

Open location code

9C4VQJCF+99

GeoNames ID

7296017

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Newport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Newport”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Vauxhall and Church Aston.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chetwynd Park and Puleston Hill.

England: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.