Pontesbury
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Pontesbury ( ) is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227. The village of Minsterley is just over a mile further southwest. The A488 road runs through the village, on its way from Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle. The Rea Brook flows close by to the north with the village itself nestling on the northern edge of the Shropshire Hills AONB. Shropshire Council in their 2015 Place Plan detail the development strategy and refer to Pontesbury and
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- Locality
- Pontesbury
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,873
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Pontesbury
- UK place.population
- 1,873
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Pontesbury
- UK place.unitary_england
- Shropshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Shropshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Shrewsbury
- UK place.post_town
- SHREWSBURY
- UK place.postcode_district
- SY5
- UK place.postcode_area
- SY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01743
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ397061
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Red Lion, Pontesbury - geograph.org.uk - 585591.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Red Lion Pub in 2007, before it became offices. In the background at left can be seen the tower of Pontesbury Parish Church.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shropshire
- Population
- 3227
- Image
- The Red Lion, Pontesbury - geograph.org.uk - 585591.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01743
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- Commons category
- Pontesbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ397061
- postal code
- SY5
- P8168
- vending machine
- P12749
- Óscar Freire
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- Notable people
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Pontesbury ( ) is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227. The village of Minsterley is just over a mile further southwest. The A488 road runs through the village, on its way from Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle. The Rea Brook flows close by to the north with the village itself nestling on the northern edge of the Shropshire Hills AONB. Shropshire Council in their 2015 Place Plan detail the development strategy and refer to Pontesbury and neighbouring Minsterley as towns.
==Local government== The village is the seat of an extensive civil parish, with its own parish council grouped into five wards, representing the village and outlying areas such as the villages and hamlets of Pontesford, Plealey, Asterley, Cruckton, Cruckmeole, Arscott, Lea Cross, Malehurst etc., as well as Habberley (which was previously a civil parish in its own right until 1967). It hosts an official Pontesbury Parish website.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pontesbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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