Rowton
Rowton is a hamlet in Alberbury with Cardeston, Shropshire, England. Rowton is situated nearby to the hamlet Wattlesborough Heath, as well as near Eyton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wattlesborough Castle and Rowton Castle.
Wattlesborough Castle
Castle
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wattlesborough Tower is a ruined fortified 13th-century manor house or Tower House in Shropshire. It is situated close to the boundary with Powys in Wales.
Rowton Castle
Park
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rowton Castle, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, is a Grade II* listed country house that was once the home of the Royal National College for the Blind before it moved to its present location in Hereford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alberbury and Westbury.
Alberbury
Village
Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alberbury is a village in Shropshire, England, 9 miles west of Shrewsbury on the B4393 road which travels from Ford to Lake Vyrnwy. It is on to the England-Wales border, marked by a roadside tree, Prince's Oak.
Westbury
Village
Photo: Gordon Cragg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westbury is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. It includes the settlements of Caus Forest, Lake, Marche, Newtown, Stoney Stretton, Vennington, Wallop, Westbury, Whitton, Winsley and Yockleton. Westbury is situated 2 miles south of Rowton.
Stoney Stretton
Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoney Stretton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, west of Shrewsbury. It is situated just off the B4386 road between the villages of Yockleton and Westbury. Stoney Stretton is situated 2 miles southeast of Rowton.
Rowton
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Alberbury with Cardeston, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70468° or 52° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.94196° or 2° 56′ 31″ westElevation
420 feet (128 metres)Open location code
9C4VP335+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 7656320065OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12264008
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