Uffington
Uffington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 234. It lies between Haughmond Hill and the River Severn, 3 miles east from the town centre of Shrewsbury, at grid reference SJ53151395.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 289 residents
- Description: village in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Uffington, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haughmond Abbey and Haughmond Hill.
Haughmond Abbey
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Haughmond Abbey is a ruined, medieval, Augustinian monastery a few miles from Shrewsbury, England. It was probably founded in the early 12th century and was closely associated with the FitzAlan family, who became Earls of Arundel, and some of their wealthier vassals and allies.
Haughmond Hill
Peak
Photo: ChrisJB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haughmond Hill is a small, shallow hill in the English county of Shropshire. It is covered by woodland for the most part, although there is an open cast quarry in use.
Shrewsbury Castle
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Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. Shrewsbury Castle is situated 2 miles west of Uffington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heathgates and Harlescott.
Heathgates
Suburb
Shrewsbury is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles west of Telford, 31 miles southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles north of Hereford. Heathgates is situated 1½ miles west of Uffington.
Harlescott
Suburb
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Harlescott is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, county town of Shropshire. It is one of the most industrial parts of the town, and is the 5th most deprived ward in non-metropolitan Shropshire Neighbouring suburbs include Sundorne to the east and Ditherington to the south. Harlescott is situated 1½ miles northwest of Uffington.
Uffington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Uffington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.71976° or 52° 43′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.69889° or 2° 41′ 56″ westPopulation
289Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)Open location code
9C4VP892+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 446280517OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12264151Wikidata ID
Q3877595
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Uffington” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Uffington (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Uffington”
- Dutch: “Uffington”
- French: “Uffington”
- Irish: “Uffington”
- Ladin: “Uffington (Shropshire)”
- Ladin: “Uffington”
- Latin: “Offintona”
- Polish: “Uffington”
- Swedish: “Uffington (distrikt)”
- Swedish: “Uffington, Shropshire”
- Welsh: “Uffington, Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Uffington”
- “Uffington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Uffington Village Hall and Holy Trinity, Uffington.
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