Much Wenlock

Also known as Much Wenlock, Shropshire

town and civil parish in Shropshire, England

Key facts

Population: 2,877 (2011)
Os grid reference: SO623997
Civil parish: Much Wenlock
Unitary authority: Shropshire
Ceremonial county: Shropshire
Region: West Midlands
Country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Post town: MUCH WENLOCK
Postcode district: TF13
Dialling code: 01952
Police: West Mercia
Fire: Shropshire
Ambulance: West Midlands
Uk parliament: South Shropshire

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Wikidata facts

Population: 2877
Image: The Guildhall, Much Wenlock - geograph.org.uk - 100508.jpg
Dialing code: 01952

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Commons category: Much Wenlock
OS grid reference: SO623997
postal code: TF13
P8168: The Second World War
P12749: William Somerset Maugham

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Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish includes the villages of Homer (1 mile (1.6 km) north of the town), Wyke (2 miles (3 km) north-east), Atterley (2 miles (3 km) south-east), Stretton Westwood (2 miles (3 km) south-west) and Bourton (3 miles (5 km) south-west). The population of the civil parish, according to the 2001 Census, was 2,605, increasing to 2,877 by 2011.

Notable historic attractions in the town are Wenlock Priory, Wenlock Edge, Holy Trinity Church and the Guildhall. The Wenlock Olympian Games, established by William Penny Brookes in 1850, are centred in the town. Brookes is credited as a founding father of the modern Olympic Games and one of the London 2012 Summer Olympics mascots was named Wenlock, after the town.