Twitchen
Twitchen is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, on the B4385 south of Purslow and near to Hopton Castle. The southern part of the settlement is called Three Ashes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Shropshire, England
- Also known as: “Twitchen, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hopton Castle and St Swithun’s Church, Clunbury.
Hopton Castle
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Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire.
St Swithun’s Church, Clunbury
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Swithun's Church is in the village of Clunbury, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.
Hopton Heath railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopton Heath railway station in Hopton Heath, Shropshire, England, lies on the Heart of Wales Line, 25+1⁄2 miles south west of Shrewsbury. The station is in a very rural area: the nearest sizeable settlement is Hopton Castle, and further afield the larger villages of Clungunford and Leintwardine, Herefordshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hopton Castle and Clunbury.
Hopton Castle
Village
Photo: Mark Evison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopton Castle is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The village grew up near the keep of Hopton Castle, which was opened as a visitor attraction in 2011.
Clunbury
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clunbury is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is near to the small town of Clun and the villages of Clunton, Purslow and Aston on Clun.
Purslow
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purslow is a hamlet in south Shropshire, England. It is located on the B4368 between the towns of Clun and Craven Arms, on a minor crossroads. Purslow gave its name to a hundred and there is a pub at the crossroads called the "Hundred House".
Twitchen
- Category: locality
- Location: Clunbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.40721° or 52° 24′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.92777° or 2° 55′ 40″ westElevation
551 feet (168 metres)Open location code
9C4VC34C+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 439832559OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Twitchen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Twitchen”
- French: “Twitchen”
- Polish: “Twitchen”
- Welsh: “Twitchen, Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Twitchen”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clunbury Hill and St Edward’s.
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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 “Twitchen”. Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.