Alkington
Alkington is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, near Whitchurch and south of that town. The village is on limestone and is residential.Photo: Martin Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Alkington, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitchurch railway station and Tilstock Christ Church.
Whitchurch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch railway station serves the town of Whitchurch, in Shropshire, England. The station is 18¾ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line. It is maintained and served by Transport for Wales. Whitchurch railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Alkington.
Whitchurch Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: Ian C Garner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitchurch Heritage Centre is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tilstock and Whitchurch.
Whitchurch
Town
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch is a market town in the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban, in north of Shropshire, England. It lies 2 miles east of the Welsh border, 2 miles south of the Cheshire border, 20 miles north of the county town of Shrewsbury, 20 miles south of Chester, and 15 miles east of Wrexham.
Hollinwood
Village
Photo: Mike Peile, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hollinwood is a small village in Shropshire, England. Hollinwood lies to the south of the town of Whitchurch and is about one mile from the border with Wales. Hollinwood is situated 2 miles south of Alkington.
Alkington
- Category: locality
- Location: Whitchurch Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.94997° or 52° 56′ 60″ northLongitude
-2.69902° or 2° 41′ 57″ westElevation
394 feet (120 metres)Open location code
9C4VW8X2+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 336581206OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Alkington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alkington”
- French: “Alkington”
- Irish: “Alkington”
- Polish: “Alkington”
- Welsh: “Alkington, Swydd Amwythig”
- Welsh: “Alkington”
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