Bicton
Bicton is a hamlet in southwest Shropshire, England, one mile north of Clun. The short River Unk passes through the hamlet. In previous centuries it was a township in the Clun division of the hundred of Clun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in South Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bicton, Shropshire” and “Bicton, South Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clun Castle and Clun Town Hall.
Clun Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clun Castle is a medieval ruined castle in Clun, Shropshire, England. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the Norman invasion of England and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system.
Clun Town Hall
Museum
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clun Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Clun, Shropshire, England. The building, which is now used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clun and Newcastle.
Clun
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY 2.5.
Clun is the smallest town in Shropshire with a population of less than 1000. It is on the bank of River Clun. It is usually quite quiet, except for when the Green Man Festival is held in May and the Clun Carnival is held in August.
Newcastle
Village
Photo: Noisepolice, Public domain.
Newcastle is a village in the rural south west of Shropshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Clun and the Folly Brook, 3 miles west of the small town of Clun. Newcastle is situated 2½ miles west of Bicton.
Mardu
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mardu is a small village in Shropshire, England. It is located a mile northwest of the village of Whitcott Keysett. The nearest town is Clun. The village lies at 246 metres above sea level. Offa's Dyke Path runs through the village.
Bicton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.4393° or 52° 26′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.0475° or 3° 2′ 51″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
9C4RCXQ2+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 268332455OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Bicton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bicton, South Shropshire”
- Irish: “Bicton”
- Polish: “Bicton (Clun)”
- Polish: “Bicton”
- Welsh: “Bicton, de Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Bicton”
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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 “Bicton”. Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.