Alberbury
| Alberbury | |
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| File:Alberbury and Nesscliffe - geograph.org.uk - 489665.jpg Alberbury, with Nesscliffe hill in the distance | |
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| OS grid reference | SJ358143 |
| Civil parish | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY5 |
| Dialling code | 01743 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Alberbury is a village in Shropshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) west of Shrewsbury on the B4393 road which travels from Ford to Lake Vyrnwy. It is on to the England-Wales border, marked by a roadside tree, Prince's Oak.
The River Severn runs just north of the village, and most of the village is in a designated conservation area.[1]
Alberbury Castle is at the centre of the village as is Loton Hall and the attached deer park. Alberbury is home to Loton Park, with the Loton Park Hill Climb run by the Hagley and District Light Car Club. The village also has a cricket club.
As part of the development of Central Ammunition Depot Nesscliffe in World War II, an ammunition depot was built beneath Loton Park.[2] This was used for storage of Incendiary ammunition and chemical weapons shells and was operated in co-operation with and guarded by the United States Army Air Forces.[3][4]
The village hall hosts meetings of the Women's Institute and the Young Farmers' Club. In 2008, the village made regional news due to a spectacular Christmas lights display put on at a local farm.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Information on the village from Shrewsbury Borough Council Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ BBC report on the Christmas lights
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Alberbury in the Domesday Book
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