Lower Lacon

Lower Lacon is a farmhouse in Wem Rural, Shropshire, England. Lower Lacon is situated near the building Lacon Hall, as well as near the archaeological site Moat.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wem railway station and Soulton Hall.

Wem railway station

Railway station

Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wem railway station serves the town of Wem in Shropshire, England. The station is 10¾ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line to Crewe. The station has two platforms. Wem railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Lower Lacon.

Soulton Hall

Hotel

Photo: Rgbnht, Public domain.

Soulton Hall is a Tudor country house located near Wem, in Shropshire, England. The manor is associated with William Shakespeare and his play As You Like It, and the existing hall was constructed between 1556 and 1560 by Sir Rowland Hill, a prominent statesman, polymath, and philanthropist who is remembered as the "First Protestant Lord Mayor of London" serving in 1549-50. Soulton Hall is situated 1 mile east of Lower Lacon.

Soulton Long Barrow

Cemetery

Photo: TJatHAURC, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Soulton Long Barrow and Ritual Landscape is a modern memorial in the form of a long barrow in the Soulton landscape near Wem in Shropshire, England. Soulton Long Barrow is situated 1 mile northeast of Lower Lacon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wem and Quina Brook.

Wem

Photo: Jennymutual, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wem is a market town in the civil parish of Wem Urban, in Shropshire, England, 9 miles north of Shrewsbury and 9 miles south of Whitchurch. The name is derived from the Old English term wamm, meaning "marsh".

Quina Brook

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Quina Brook is a hamlet in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Population details for the 2011 census are found under Wem Rural. Quina Brook is situated 2 miles north of Lower Lacon.

Tilley

Village

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tilley is a small village in the civil parish of Wem Rural, to the south of and almost merged with Wem in north Shropshire. A hamlet, Tilley Green, lies to its southeast at grid reference SJ511273. Tilley is situated 2 miles southwest of Lower Lacon.

Lower Lacon

Type: Farmhouse
Categories: building and agriculture
Location: Wem Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.86694° or 52° 52′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.6993° or 2° 41′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C4VV882+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 166002477

OpenStreetMap feature

building=farm

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lacon Hall and Moat.

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Places to explore: Lower Lacon Farm and Lower Lacon Caravan Park.

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