Sweeney Fen Nature Reserve

Sweeney Fen Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Oswestry Rural, Shropshire, England. Sweeney Fen Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Llynclys, as well as near Gronwen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Llynclys South railway station and Penygarreg Lane Halt railway station.

Llynclys South railway station

Railway station

Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Llynclys South is a railway station on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' line in Shropshire. It is located in the heart of the village of Llynclys, just south of Llynclys station, on the other side of the B4396 road bridge.

Penygarreg Lane Halt railway station

Railway station

Penygarreg Lane is a halt on the Cambrian Heritage Railways' line in Shropshire. It is on the northern edge of the village of Pant, north of the disused Pant station.

St Philip & St James

Church

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Philip & St James is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oswestry and Pant.

Oswestry

Photo: P.khiao, CC0.

Oswestry is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. Oswestry is the largest settlement within the Oswestry Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.

Pant

Village

Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pant is a village in Shropshire, England. It lies near the border with Wales. Pant means 'hollow' in Welsh: it is located directly below the disused mines at Llanymynech Rocks Nature Reserve.

Llanyblodwel

Village

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanyblodwel is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England; the spelling "Llanyblodwell" was commonly used in the past, and the village was sometimes simply referred to as "Blodwel".

Sweeney Fen Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: recreation area and meadow
Location: Oswestry Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.818° or 52° 49′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.0772° or 3° 4′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C4RRW9F+64

OpenStreetMap ID

way 318372633

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sweeney Mountain and Llynclys Quarry.

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