Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock
Holy Trinity Church (centre) and the Guildhall (right)
Much Wenlock is located in Shropshire
Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock
Location within Shropshire
Population2,877 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO623997
Civil parish
  • Much Wenlock [2]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMUCH WENLOCK
Postcode districtTF13
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°35′48″N 2°33′29″W / 52.5966°N 2.5580°W / 52.5966; -2.5580

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 (3.2 km) north-east), Atterley (2 miles (3.2 km) south-east), Stretton Westwood (2 miles (3.2 km) south-west) and Bourton (3 miles (4.8 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.

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Much Wenlock Town Council – Shropshire, England".