Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a historic market market town on the banks of the River Severn in , . The town is built on two levels, with the upper level dominated by the remains of a medieval castle keep which leans at an angle greater than the leaning tower of .
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  • Type: Town with 12,000 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bridgnorth, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridgnorth Castle and St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth.

Castle
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is a castle in the town of Bridgnorth, . It is a scheduled monument, first listed in 1928.

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St Leonard's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Bridgnorth, , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Town hall
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is a municipal building in the High Street, Bridgnorth, , England. The town hall, which is a meeting place of Bridgnorth Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eardington and Tasley.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , England. It is near the A442 road and is two kilometres south of the town of Bridgnorth, along the B4555 road.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in , England. It is located to the immediate west of the town of Bridgnorth, and the A458 road passes through.

Village
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is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridgnorth, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Bridgnorth

Latitude
52.5346° or 52° 32′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.4194° or 2° 25′ 10″ west
Population
12,000
Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BNT
Open location code
9C4VGHMJ+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21607173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654731
Wiki­data ID
Q914000
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bridgnorth” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بريدجنورث”
  • Asturian: “Bridgnorth”
  • Basque: “Bridgnorth”
  • Bengali: “ব্রিগনর্থ”
  • Bulgarian: “Бриджнорт”
  • Cebuano: “Bridgnorth”
  • Chinese: “Bridgnorth”
  • Chinese: “布裡奇諾斯”
  • Chinese: “布里奇诺斯”
  • Chinese: “布里奇諾斯”
  • Czech: “Bridgnorth”
  • Dutch: “Bridgnorth”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بريدجنورث”
  • Esperanto: “Bridgnorth”
  • Finnish: “Bridgnorth”
  • French: “Bridgnorth”
  • German: “Bridgnorth”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રિગનોર્થ”
  • Indonesian: “Bridgnorth”
  • Irish: “Bridgnorth”
  • Italian: “Bridgnorth”
  • Japanese: “ブライドノース”
  • Japanese: “ブリッジノース”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಿಡ್ನೊರ್ತ್”
  • Korean: “브리드고스”
  • Ladin: “Bridgnorth”
  • Latin: “Berga”
  • Latin: “Brugense Castrum”
  • Lithuanian: “Bridžnortas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Bridgnorth”
  • Marathi: “ब्रिजनॉर्थ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bridgnorth”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bridgnorth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bridgnorth”
  • Norwegian: “Bridgnorth”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cwatbrycg”
  • Persian: “بریج‌نورث”
  • Polish: “Bridgnorth”
  • Portuguese: “Bridgnorth”
  • Romanian: “Bridgnorth”
  • Russian: “Бриджнорт”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بریج‌نورث”
  • Spanish: “Bridgnorth (Shropshire)”
  • Spanish: “Bridgnorth”
  • Swedish: “Bridgnorth”
  • Tamil: “பரிட்க்னோர்த்”
  • Telugu: “బ్రిడ్గ్నార్త్”
  • Turkish: “Bridgnorth”
  • Urdu: “بریدجنورتھ”
  • Volapük: “Bridgnorth”
  • Welsh: “Bridgnorth”
  • “Bridgnorth”

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