Memorials & monuments · Mid Wales
Chirbury
In or near Priestweston.
Chirbury in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool · 9.4 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Chirbury, the nearest railway station is Welshpool, located 9.4 km away. Entry to the memorial is free. The postcode for your sat-nav is SY15 6BH.
About
Chirbury is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2023
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Chirbury () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton, in the Shropshire district, in west Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Vale of Montgomery, close to the Wales–England border (1.1 miles (1.8 km) at its nearest), which is to its north, west and south. The A490 and B4386 routes cross at Chirbury. It is the largest settlement in the Chirbury with Brompton civil parish, which according to the 2001 census had a population of 914, with the resident population of Chirbury at 348. The population of the civil parish had increased to 971 at the 2011 census.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The 8th-century Offa's Dyke runs to the west of the village and marked the frontier of the Mercian kingdom. Even today, a lengthy section of the dyke to the southwest of the village forms the English border with Wales. An Anglo-Saxon fort, built in 915 by Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, was located just outside the village on what is now the Montgomery Road. The field that the earthworks are in has long been called Castle Field or King's Orchard. Chirbury was once a hundred, formed out of an earlier, and larger, hundred (of which Chirbury was the chief settlement) called Witentreu (a placename that continues to this day in Whittery Wood, near to the village) which included places now in…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5784, -3.0919
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Chirbury with Brompton
- Postcode
- SY15 6BH
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool — 9.4 km
Sources
Other places nearby
Herbert Arms Hotel
Historic pubs · 0.0 km
Chirbury War Memorial
Memorials & monuments · 0.1 km
Chirbury Priory (dissolved 1535)
Abbeys & priories · 0.1 km
Chirbury Fort (Mercian)
Historic houses · 0.2 km
Ringwork and cultivation remains 260m west of St Michael's Church
Literary houses · 0.2 km
Chirbury Castle Mound
Castles · 0.3 km
River Camlad
Memorials & monuments · 1.0 km
Hagley Castle
Literary houses · 1.9 km
Hagley
Castles · 1.9 km
Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet
Literary houses · 1.9 km
Dudston Castle Mound
Castles · 1.9 km
Hockleton
Castles · 2.0 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chirbury?
- Chirbury is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY15 6BH), in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton.
- What is Chirbury?
- Chirbury in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Chirbury?
- The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 9.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode SY15 6BH.
- Is Chirbury a protected site?
- Yes — Chirbury is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Chirbury free to visit?
- Yes, Chirbury is free to enter.
- How do I get to Chirbury?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY15 6BH. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.