Forton

Forton is a hamlet in Montford, Shropshire, England. Forton is situated nearby to the village Montford Bridge, as well as near the hamlet Bromleys Forge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Church of St Michael.

Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Church

Photo: Keith Havercroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is situated 1½ miles northeast of Forton.

Church of St Michael

Church

Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Michael is situated 2 miles southwest of Forton.

Adcote School

School

Photo: Gary Wright Adcote, Public domain.

Adcote School is a non-selective independent day and boarding school for girls, located in the village of Little Ness, 5 miles northwest of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Adcote School is situated 2 miles north of Forton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montford Bridge and Grafton.

Montford Bridge

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Montford Bridge is a village and bridge. The village is in Shropshire, England, UK. The bridge is in that village. It lies on the River Severn and is close to the town of Shrewsbury.

Grafton

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grafton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bomere Heath and District, in Shropshire, England. Its name probably refers to a coppiced wood. It is situated to the northwest of Shrewsbury. Grafton is situated 2 miles north of Forton.

Ford

Village

Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 890. Ford lies west of the county town of Shrewsbury, just off the A458 road and near to the River Severn, at grid reference SJ413137. Ford is situated 2 miles southwest of Forton.

Forton

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Montford, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7402° or 52° 44′ 25″ north

Longitude

-2.84567° or 2° 50′ 44″ west

Elevation

266 feet (81 metres)

Open location code

9C4VP5R3+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10971670444

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13277104

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