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Church Stretton is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, 13 miles (21 km) south of Shrewsbury and 15 miles (24 km) north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671. [1] The town was nicknamed Little Switzerland in the late Victorian and Edwardian period for its landscape, and became a health resort. [2]
St Laurence's Church is in Church Street, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Condover, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of St Michael and All Angels, All Stretton, and All Saints, Little Stretton to form the parish of Church ...
Minton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.. It is located in the parish of Church Stretton, [1] 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) southwest of the market town of Church Stretton. A historic settlement, it is situated on a foothill of the Long Mynd at around 240 m (790 ft) above sea level.
Church Stretton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Church Stretton in Shropshire, England on the Welsh Marches line, 12 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (20.5 km) south of Shrewsbury railway station; trains on the Heart of Wales line also serve the station.
Cardington is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.It is situated south of Shrewsbury, near Caer Caradoc Hill, and the nearest town is Church Stretton.The parish also contains the villages of Enchmarsh and Plaish, and most of the parish is in the Shropshire Hills AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).
The road passes through the Stretton Gap on an alignment that was constructed in the late 1930s. Several stretches of the road follow the route of one of the Roman Roads later called Watling Street. The upgraded route bypasses All Stretton, Church Stretton and Little Stretton. The original route is the B5477 (former B4370) to the west.
The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) away. The Cound Brook flows just west of the village and its medieval deer park. The village contains Longnor Hall and the Grade I listed medieval St Mary's Church. Regional Cycle Route 32/33 passes through, as do buses between Church Stretton and Shrewsbury and Radbrook Green ...
More accessible hills are the Long Mynd, which covers an area of 5,436 acres (22.0 km 2) and peaks at Pole Bank at a height of 516 metres (1,693 feet), is near Church Stretton. It includes Carding Mill Valley, a popular recreational area which was developed as a honeypot to draw tourists away from the more sensitive/protected areas of the Mynd.