The Beacon
The Beacon is a pub in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England which is located on Copthorne Road. The Beacon is situated nearby to the nature reserve Copthorne Park, as well as near Shelton Community Woodland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Shrewsbury Castle.
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Hospital
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The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire and Powys, in conjunction with the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is situated 3,500 feet west of The Beacon.
Shrewsbury Castle
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Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. Shrewsbury Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of The Beacon.
St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury
Church
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St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury is traditionally understood to have been founded in Saxon times. King Offa, who reigned in Mercia from 757 to 796 AD, is believed to have founded the church, though it is possible it has an earlier foundation even than that. St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury is situated 1 mile east of The Beacon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copthorne and Shelton.
Copthorne
Suburb
Copthorne is a suburb located in the western side of the county town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 4,105.
Shelton
Suburb
Shelton is a suburb located in the west of the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, described by the Pevsner Architectural Guides as "Shrewsbury's principal interwar suburb." It was once a village of its own, but the town of Shrewsbury has grown steadily in the area since the 1950s.
Mountfields
Neighborhood
Mountfields is an area in Shrewsbury, England, just north of the Welsh Bridge.
The Beacon
- Type: Pub
- Address: 156 Copthorne Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 8LP
- Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70939° or 52° 42′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.77793° or 2° 46′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C4VP65C+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 506234011OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pub
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