St Alkmund’s Church
St Alkmund's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. By tradition, this church was founded in the 900s CE by the Anglo-Saxon Queen Æthelflæd.Photo: Peter I. Vardy, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Alkmund” and “St Alkmund’s Church, Whitchurch”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitchurch Heritage Centre and Whitchurch railway station.
Whitchurch Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: Ian C Garner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitchurch Heritage Centre is a museum, which is situated 480 feet southeast of St Alkmund’s Church.
Whitchurch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch railway station serves the town of Whitchurch, in Shropshire, England. The station is 18¾ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line. It is maintained and served by Transport for Wales. Whitchurch railway station is situated 3,100 feet east of St Alkmund’s Church.
Sir John Talbot’s School
School
Sir John Talbot's School is a coeducational secondary school in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, for pupils aged between 11 and 18, with a sixth form. The most recent inspection report was in April 2017 and resulted in a judgement of good in all five aspects of the inspection. Sir John Talbot’s School is situated 1 mile south of St Alkmund’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitchurch and Grindley Brook.
Whitchurch
Town
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitchurch is a market town in the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban, in north of Shropshire, England. It lies 2 miles east of the Welsh border, 2 miles south of the Cheshire border, 20 miles north of the county town of Shrewsbury, 20 miles south of Chester, and 15 miles east of Wrexham.
Grindley Brook
Village
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grindley Brook is a small village in Shropshire, England, on the A41 trunk road 2 miles north west of the market town of Whitchurch. It is the most northerly settlement in Shropshire and borders directly onto Cheshire, and is within the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban.
Alkington
Village
Photo: Martin Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alkington is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, near Whitchurch and south of that town. The village is on limestone and is residential. Alkington is situated 1½ miles south of St Alkmund’s Church.
St Alkmund’s Church
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Whitchurch, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9708° or 52° 58′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.68499° or 2° 41′ 6″ westInception
1712Operator
Church of Saint AlkmundOpen location code
9C4VX8C8+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 931221862OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7592297
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“St Alkmund’s Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس الكموند”
- Japanese: “聖アルクムンド教会 (ウィィチチャーチ)”
- Welsh: “Eglwys St Alkmund”
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