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Longdon-on-Tern

Longdon-upon-Tern is a village in the civil parish of Rodington, in the unitary district of Telford and Wrekin, in Shropshire, England.

Longdon-on-Tern
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The place

Longdon-upon-Tern is a village in the civil parish of Rodington, in the unitary district of Telford and Wrekin, in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of Shrewsbury and 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Telford. Longdon-Upon-Tern is situated on the River Tern, a tributary of the River Severn. In 1971, the parish had a population of 127.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Longdon-on-Tern

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Longdon-Upon-Tern aqueduct

    The Longdon-upon-Tern Aqueduct, near Longdon-upon-Tern in Shropshire, was one of the first two canal aqueducts to be built from cast iron.

    300 m · Grade I listed navigable aqueduct in Longdon-on-Tern, Shropshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    High Ercall Hall

    High Ercall Hall or Ercall Hall is the remaining part of a larger complex in the village of High Ercall, Shropshire, 8 miles north-east of Shrewsbury. The present structure is a Grade II* L-shaped, three-storey building of 16th-century origin, constructed of sandstone and brick.

    3 km · house in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Michael's Church, High Ercall

    St Michael's Church is in the village of High Ercall, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wrockwardine, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.

    2.9 km · Grade I listed church in Ercall Magna, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Longdon-on-Tern

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 64 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 69 km · Manchester (MAN), 71 km
Stations
Admaston railway station, 3 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Longdon-on-Tern
    54 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £6–8
  • Liverpool → Longdon-on-Tern
    80 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £9–11
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Longdon-on-Tern
    86 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Longdon-on-Tern

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Longdon-on-Tern. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  2. 02
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  4. 04
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  5. 05
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Around it

Next door to Longdon-on-Tern

Longdon-on-Tern is 53 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.