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Wentnor
St. Michael and All Angels church, Wentnor
Wentnor is located in Shropshire
Wentnor
Wentnor
Location within Shropshire
Population346 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO382927
Civil parish
  • Wentnor
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBishop's Castle
Postcode districtSY9
Dialling code01588
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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52°31′44″N 2°54′36″W / 52.529°N 2.91°W / 52.529; -2.91

Wentnor is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

It lies to the west of the Long Mynd and between the village and the hill range is the dispersed settlement of Prolly Moor. The village itself is situated atop a hill, which rises to 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level, with the Criftin Brook to the east and the River East Onny to the west.[2] The nearest towns are Church Stretton and Bishop's Castle, the village of Asterton lies 1 mile to the south east of the village.

There is a parish church and two public houses: the "Crown" in the village itself and the "Inn on the Green" which is in a hamlet, just outside the village, by the River East Onny called The Green.[3]

Transport

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The village no longer has a local bus service, Church Stretton railway station is 6 miles away and provides regular rail services to South Wales and the North.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey mapping
  3. ^ Shropshire Pub Survey Wentnor


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Long Mynd

All Stretton, Pulverbatch, Smethcott, Woolstaston, Asterton, Myndtown, Wentnor and Ratlinghope. The highest point on the Long Mynd is Pole Bank (1,693 ft

Listed buildings in Wentnor

Wentnor is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains twelve listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of

Longmyndian Supergroup

consists of two major geological groups, the Stretton Group and the overlying Wentnor Group. The successions represented by these two groups have also been referred

Wentnor Group

The Wentnor Group is an assemblage of two geological formations associated with the Longmyndian Supergroup of Precambrian age in present-day Wales, U

Stretton Group

group with a range of facies attributable to that of a closing ocean. The Wentnor Group overlies the Stretton Group of rocks and although the units are separate

List of geological groups of Great Britain

recommendation of the International Commission on Stratigraphy e.g. Wentnor Group and not Wentnor group. Notes: Column 1 indicates the name of the geological

List of places in Shropshire

Walcot, Walford, Waterloo, Wellington, Welshampton, Welsh Frankton, Wem, Wentnor, West Felton, Westbury, Weston Lullingfields, Weston Rhyn, Weston-under-Redcastle

St Michael and All Angels Church

Michael and All Angels' Church, Welshampton St. Michael & All Angels, Wentnor, Shropshire Church of St Michael & All Angels, Greinton Church of St Michael