Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth is a historic market market town on the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire, England. 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 Pisa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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 St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth Town Hall.
St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth Town Hall
Town hall
Majestic Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Loganberry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Majestic Cinema is the only working cinema in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England. It opened in 1937, and has three screens, a large screen with around 330 seats and two small screens with around 80 seats.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eardington and Tasley.
Eardington
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eardington is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is near the A442 road and is two kilometres south of the town of Bridgnorth, along the B4555 road.
Tasley
Hamlet
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tasley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located to the immediate west of the town of Bridgnorth, and the A458 road passes through.
Oldbury
Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oldbury is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridgnorth, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
Bridgnorth
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.5346° or 52° 32′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.4194° or 2° 25′ 10″ westPopulation
12,000Elevation
243 feet (74 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BNTOpen location code
9C4VGHMJ+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 21607173OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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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