Preston upon the Weald Moors
Preston upon the Weald Moors is a village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England.
Preston upon the Weald Moors is a village and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. According to the 2021 census. the village had a population of 204. It is one of a number of villages that exist on the Weald Moors of Shropshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Preston upon the Weald Moors
2 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.
- 01Wombridge Canal
The Wombridge Canal was a tub-boat canal in Shropshire, England, built to carry coal and iron ore from mines in the area to the furnaces where the iron was extracted. It opened in 1788, and parts of it were taken over by the Shrewsbury Canal Company in 1792, who built an inclined plane at Trench.
3 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia - 02Apley Castle
Apley Castle was a medieval fortified manor in the village of Hadley, Shropshire, England.
3.4 km · fortified manor house in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Preston upon the Weald Moors
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 58 km · Manchester (MAN), 70 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 72 km
- Stations
- New Hadley Halt railway station, 3.7 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Preston upon the Weald Moors48 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Preston upon the Weald Moors84 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £10–14
- Liverpool → Preston upon the Weald Moors82 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Preston upon the Weald Moors
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 Preston upon the Weald Moors. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Preston upon the Weald Moors – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Preston upon the Weald Moors
Preston upon the Weald Moors is 48 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Telford and Wrekinunitary district with borough status in Shropshire, West Midlands region, England1.3 km
- Eyton upon the Weald Moorsvillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Hadleysuburb of Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Donningtonvillage in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK3.1 km
- Muxtonvillage in Telford and Wrekin, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Leegomerysuburb of Telford, Shropshire, England3.2 km