Uppington
Uppington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
Uppington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is situated 7.5 miles East from Shrewsbury and 4 miles South-East from Wellington. It is located within the Diocese of Lichfield, within the Rural Deanery of Wrockwardine. Uppington covers a total area of around 706 acres, much of this being open fields, used for arable and pastoral farming, as well as a small amount of local woodland. In 1961 the parish had a population of 86. On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Wroxeter to form "Uppington & Wroxeter".
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Worth seeing in and around Uppington
4 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.
- 01The Wrekin
The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is located some five miles west of Telford, on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
3.1 km · large hill in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Charlton Castle
Charlton Castle was a fortified manor house situated in Shropshire between Shrewsbury and Telford. Sir John Charlton was licensed to crenellate his dwelling at Charlton in 1316.
1.7 km · castle in Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter
St Andrew's Church is a redundant Church of England parish church in the village of Wroxeter, Shropshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.9 km · church in Wroxeter, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Orleton Hall
Orleton Hall is a country house and estate at Wrockwardine in Shropshire, England. A Grade II* listed building, the current house was designed c.1830 by Edward Haycock Sr.
3.9 km · country house in Wrockwardine, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Uppington
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 62 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 75 km · Manchester (MAN), 77 km
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Uppington52 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8
- Liverpool → Uppington85 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £10–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Uppington92 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Uppington
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 Uppington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Uppington
Uppington is 52 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wroxetervillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Wrockwardinevillage and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Eaton Constantinevillage in Shropshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Walcotvillage in Shropshire, United Kingdom2.1 km
- Wroxeter and Uppingtoncivil parish in Shropshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Allscottvillage in the parish of Wrockwardine, Shropshire, UK3.9 km