Meretown

Meretown is a hamlet in Forton, Stafford District, England. Meretown is situated nearby to the village Forton, as well as near Sutton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of All Saints and Forton Hall.

Forton Hall

Building

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forton Hall is a 17th-century country house situated in the village of Forton, Staffordshire, close to the Shropshire border at Newport. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Aqualate Mere is the largest natural mere in the English Midlands. The lake, which is located in Staffordshire, is a legacy of the Last Glacial Period that ended 10,000 years ago. It is managed as a National Nature Reserve by Natural England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forton and Newport.

Forton

Village

Photo: Roger Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Forton is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, situated east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire. The civil Parish population at the 2011 census was 308.

Newport

Photo: Novacool88, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newport is a small market town in Shropshire, with a history dating back to the 12th century. It is home to several educational institutions, and has housed a wide range of notable people throughout the centuries.

Longford

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Church Aston, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Longford is situated 2½ miles southwest of Meretown.

Meretown

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Forton, Stafford District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.78292° or 52° 46′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.36399° or 2° 21′ 50″ west

Elevation

236 feet (72 metres)

Open location code

9C4VQJMP+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 528511404

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13278189

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