Morda
Morda is a village on the outskirts of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, located near the border of England with Wales. The village is named after the River Morda, a tributary of the River Vyrnwy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Morda, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weston Wharf railway station and Oswestry Castle.
Weston Wharf railway station
Railway station
Weston Wharf is a railway station on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' line in Shropshire on the former Oswestry and Newtown Railway. It is located off the A483 road, by Weston Road near the Shropshire village of Morda and the Weston Pools holiday village and fishery. Oswestry town centre lies 1+3⁄4 miles to the north.The station is next to the Stonehouse Brewery.
Oswestry Castle
Castle
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oswestry Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie.
Oswestry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oswestry railway station is a Grade II listed heritage railway station in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was closed when passenger services were withdrawn in 1966.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oswestry and Trefonen.
Oswestry
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.
Trefonen
Village
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefonen is a small village located approximately three miles south-west of Oswestry, and three miles east of the England-Wales border, in Shropshire, England. Trefonen is situated 2 miles west of Morda.
Maesbury Marsh
Village
Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maesbury Marsh is a village, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Morda.
Morda
- Category: locality
- Location: Oswestry Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.84284° or 52° 50′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.05781° or 3° 3′ 28″ westElevation
410 feet (125 metres)Open location code
9C4RRWVR+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 29760197OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Morda” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Morda”
- French: “Morda”
- Irish: “Morda”
- Polish: “Morda”
- Vlaams: “Morda”
- Welsh: “Morda”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morda Methodist Church and Morda & Sweeney Village Hall.
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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 “Morda”. Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.