Chirk

Chirk is a railway stop in , , . Chirk is situated nearby to the forest , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chirk railway station and Chirk Tunnel.

Railway station
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of , , . The station is on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line that is part of the former Great Western Railway mainline route from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside.

Tunnel
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a canal tunnel near , . It lies on the , immediately northwards of the . It is 421 metres long and has a complete towpath inside. is situated 740 feet south of Chirk.

Bridge
is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the across the Ceiriog Valley near , on the England–Wales border, spanning the two countries. is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Chirk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chirk Bank and Bronygarth.

Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England. The industrial town of is to the north, over the border in , with the B5070 road connecting the two settlements via a bridge over the .

Village
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the Ceiriog Valley near in , England at grid reference SJ268370. The village is on the England–Wales border with some buildings in Wales in the local government community.

Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village and civil parish in , England. It lies between the towns of , in Wales, and , in England. The civil parish, which also includes , Pentre-Newydd and a number of small hamlets, had a total population of 2,668 at the 2001 census, rising to 2,850 at the 2011 Census.

Chirk

Latitude
52.93306° or 52° 55′ 59″ north
Longitude
-3.06601° or 3° 3′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C4RWWMM+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13761281762
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
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