Wykey
Wykey is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 2 miles north of the larger village of Ruyton-XI-Towns, and is recognised as one of the eleven towns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wykey, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Packwood Haugh School and St Chad.
Packwood Haugh School
School
Packwood Haugh School is a co-educational private preparatory school for pupils from the ages of 4 to 13, offering places for both day and boarding pupils. It is located in Ruyton-XI-Towns, midway between Oswestry and Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England.
St Chad
Church
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Chad is a church, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wykey.
Pradoe Church
Church
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Pradoe Church is situated 1½ miles west of Wykey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruyton-XI-Towns and Baschurch.
Ruyton-XI-Towns
Village
Photo: al partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruyton-XI-Towns, formally Ruyton of the Eleven Towns or simply Ruyton, is a village and civil parish next to the River Perry in Shropshire, England. It had a population of 1,379 at the 2011 Census. Ruyton-XI-Towns is situated 2 miles south of Wykey.
Baschurch
Village
Photo: Raggatt2000, Public domain.
Baschurch is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies in the north of Shropshire. The village had a population of 2,854 as of the 2021 census. Shrewsbury is to the south-east, Oswestry is to the north-west, and Wem is to the north-east of Baschurch. Baschurch is situated 3 miles southeast of Wykey.
Petton
Village
Photo: Mike Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It was mentioned in Domesday as "Peetone", a name probably derived from Old English paec-tun, "settlement by the hill". Petton is situated 3 miles east of Wykey.
Wykey
- Category: locality
- Location: Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.81948° or 52° 49′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.90527° or 2° 54′ 19″ westElevation
279 feet (85 metres)Open location code
9C4VR39V+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 336618858OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Wykey” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wykey”
- Dutch: “Wykey”
- French: “Wykey”
- Irish: “Wykey”
- Polish: “Wykey”
- Welsh: “Wykey”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eardiston and Stanwardine in the Fields.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include PGL Boreatton Park and Sports Hall.
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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 “Wykey”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.