Shifnal

Shifnal is a small market town in . Some writers have claimed that Shifnal was the inspiration for Market Blandings, a town that appears in several of P.G.
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  • Type: Town with 7,010 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Shifnal, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shifnal railway station and Church of St Andrew.

Railway station
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is a railway station which…

Church
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Hotel
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is an early 18th-century country house…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Telford and Ryton.

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is a new town in the ceremonial county of , .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, in the district of . is situated 3 miles south of Shifnal.

Town
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is a historic market town and civil parish… is situated 4 miles southwest of Shifnal.

Shifnal

Latitude
52.6676° or 52° 40′ 3″ north
Longitude
-2.373° or 2° 22′ 23″ west
Population
7,010
Elevation
299 feet (91 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB IFN
Open location code
9C4VMJ9G+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52860357
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2637985
Wiki­data ID
Q2569297
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Shifnal” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Shifnal”
  • Basque: “Shifnal”
  • Bengali: “শিফনাল”
  • Cebuano: “Shifnal”
  • Chinese: “希夫纳尔”
  • Chinese: “詩夫納爾”
  • Chinese: “诗夫纳尔”
  • Dutch: “Shifnal”
  • French: “Shifnal”
  • German: “Shifnal”
  • Gujarati: “શિફનાલ”
  • Irish: “Shifnal”
  • Italian: “Shifnal”
  • Japanese: “シフナル”
  • Kannada: “ಶಿಫ್ನಾಲ್”
  • Korean: “시프날”
  • Ladin: “Shifnal”
  • Latin: “Idessala”
  • Lithuanian: “Šifnalas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shifnal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shifnal”
  • Persian: “شیفنال”
  • Polish: “Shifnal”
  • Portuguese: “Shifnal”
  • Russian: “Шифнал”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیفنال”
  • Spanish: “Shifnal”
  • Swedish: “Shifnal”
  • Tamil: “ஷிப்பினால்”
  • Telugu: “షిఫ్నల్”
  • Turkish: “Shifnal”
  • Urdu: “شیفنال”
  • Welsh: “Shifnal”
  • “Shifnal”

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