Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of in . It is a very traditional market town, with a lot of mediaeval architecture and feel to the town.
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  • Type: Town with 76,800 residents
  • Description: county town of Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Salop” and “Shrewsbury, Shropshire”
  • Postal code: SY5
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shrewsbury Castle and New Meadow.

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is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the on which the town originally developed.

Stadium
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, also known as The Croud Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, , between the districts of and , and close to the A5.

Railway station
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serves the town of Shrewsbury, in , England. Built in 1848, it was designated a grade II listed building in 1969. Many services starting at or passing through the station are bound for , and it is a key hub for its operator, Transport for Wales; services are also provided by West Midlands Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayston Hill and Harlescott.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. It is 3 miles south of the county town Shrewsbury and located on the main A49 road, the Shrewsbury to road. is situated 2½ miles south of Shrewsbury.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, county town of . It is one of the most industrial parts of the town, and is the 5th most deprived ward in non-metropolitan Shropshire Neighbouring suburbs include to the east and to the south. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Shrewsbury.

Suburb
is a suburb located in the western side of the county town of Shrewsbury, , . The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 4,105.

Shrewsbury

Latitude
52.7078° or 52° 42′ 28″ north
Longitude
-2.7541° or 2° 45′ 15″ west
Population
76,800
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SBR
Open location code
9C4VP65W+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26202801
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2637891
Wiki­data ID
Q201970
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Shrewsbury” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Shrewsbury”
  • Arabic: “شرزبرة”
  • Arabic: “شَرَزْبَرَة”
  • Arabic: “شروزبري”
  • Armenian: “Շրուսբերի”
  • Asturian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şrusberi”
  • Basque: “Shrewsbury”
  • Belarusian: “Шрусберы”
  • Belarusian: “Шрусбэры”
  • Bengali: “শ্রিউবুরি”
  • Breton: “Amwythig”
  • Breton: “Shrewsbury”
  • Bulgarian: “Шрусбъри”
  • Bulgarian: “Шрюсбъри”
  • Catalan: “Shrewsbury”
  • Cebuano: “Shrewsbury”
  • Chinese: “Shrewsbury”
  • Chinese: “什魯斯伯里”
  • Chinese: “什鲁斯伯里”
  • Chinese: “梳士貝利”
  • Chinese: “舒士巴利”
  • Chinese: “舒茲伯利”
  • Czech: “Shrewsbury”
  • Danish: “Shrewsbury”
  • Dutch: “Shrewsbury”
  • Esperanto: “Shrewsbury”
  • Estonian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Finnish: “Shrewsbury”
  • French: “Shrewsbury”
  • Galician: “Shrewsbury”
  • Georgian: “შრუზბერი”
  • German: “Shrewsbury”
  • Greek: “Σριούσμπερι”
  • Greek: “Σρούζμπερι”
  • Gujarati: “શ્રૂસબરી”
  • Hebrew: “שרוסברי”
  • Hindi: “श्रूस्बरी”
  • Hungarian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Icelandic: “Shrewsbury”
  • Indonesian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Irish: “Shrewsbury”
  • Italian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Japanese: “シュルーズブリー”
  • Japanese: “シュルーズベリ”
  • Japanese: “シュルーズベリー”
  • Kannada: “ಶ್ರೆವ್ಸ್ಬರಿ”
  • Korean: “슈루즈버리”
  • Korean: “슈루즈베리”
  • Latin: “Penguernum”
  • Latin: “Salopesberia”
  • Latin: “Salopia”
  • Latvian: “Šrūsberi”
  • Lithuanian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Lithuanian: “Šriusberis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šriūsberis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šrousberis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šrusberis”
  • Lombard: “Shrewsbury”
  • Macedonian: “Шрузбери”
  • Macedonian: “Шрусбери”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shrewsbury (Shropshire)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shrewsbury”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shrewsbury”
  • Norwegian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Scrobbesburh”
  • Ossetian: “Шрусбери”
  • Persian: “شروزبری”
  • Piemontese: “Shrewsbury”
  • Polish: “Shrewsbury”
  • Portuguese: “Shrewsbury”
  • Quechua: “Shrewsbury”
  • Romanian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Russian: “Шрусбери”
  • Russian: “Шрюсбери”
  • Serbian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Serbian: “Šrouzberi”
  • Serbian: “Шроузбери”
  • Serbian: “Шрузбери”
  • Serbian: “Шрусбери”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Slovenian: “Shrewsbury”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شروزبری”
  • Spanish: “Shrewsbury (Shropshire)”
  • Spanish: “Shrewsbury”
  • Swedish: “Shrewsbury”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ரயூஸ்பூரி”
  • Tatar: “Шрусбери”
  • Telugu: “శ్రీవ్స్బరి,”
  • Thai: “ชรูส์บรี”
  • Turkish: “Shrewsbury”
  • Ukrainian: “Шрусбері”
  • Ukrainian: “Шрюзбері”
  • Urdu: “شرزبرہ”
  • Urdu: “شروزبری”
  • Volapük: “Shrewsbury”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shrewsbury”
  • Welsh: “Amwythig”
  • Welsh: “Yr Amwythig”
  • Western Armenian: “Շրուզպըրի”
  • Western Frisian: “Shrewsbury”
  • Wu Chinese: “什鲁斯伯里”
  • Yiddish: “שרויזבורי”
  • Yiddish: “שרויזברי”
  • Yue Chinese: “梳士貝利”
  • “Shrewsbury”

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