Welshampton
Welshampton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Welshampton and Lyneal, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

Welshampton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Welshampton and Lyneal, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is located on the A495 road, near to the town of Ellesmere. It is adjacent to the villages of Lyneal and Colemere which comprise part of the so-called 'North Shropshire Lake District', all of which is within walking distance of Welshampton. At the 2001 Census, the Welshampton and Lyneal civil parish had a population of 839, increasing to 852 at the 2011 Census. with a total population of 3,896 (2001) for the Ellesmere and Welshampton ward.
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Worth seeing in and around Welshampton
5 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.
- 01Ellesmere Castle
Ellesmere Castle was in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire..
3.1 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Ellesmere Urban, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Michael and All Angels' Church, Welshampton
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed Anglican church in the village of Welshampton in Shropshire. It was built in the 1860s for Frances Mainwaring and Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring, in memory of Charles Kynaston Mainwaring of Oteley.
100 m · church in Shropshire, Egland · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Church, Ellesmere
St Mary's Church stands on a hill in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ellesmere, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.
3.2 km · church in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Town Hall
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Ellesmere Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · Old Town Hall in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Colemere Countryside Site
Colemere Countryside Site is a countryside heritage site. Due to its important conservation status it has two key designations being a Site of Special Scientific Interest and an internationally important Ramsar wetland site.
2.1 km · countryside heritage site in Shropshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Welshampton
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 47 km · Manchester (MAN), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 89 km
- Stations
- Bettisfield railway station, 2.7 km
- Liverpool → Welshampton56 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Welshampton75 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Welshampton79 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Welshampton
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 Welshampton. 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 Welshampton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Welshampton
Welshampton is 55 km from Birkenhead, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ellesmeretown in Shropshire, England3.5 km
- Maelor Southcommunity in Wrexham, North Wales, UK3.1 km
- Bettisfieldvillage in Wrexham, Wales, UK2.5 km
- Balmer Heathvillage in Shropshire UK1.3 km
- Breaden Heathvillage in Shropshire, United Kingdom800 m
- Welshampton and Lynealcivil parish in Shropshire, United Kingdom1.2 km