Ruyton-XI-Towns

Ruyton-XI-Towns
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Ruyton-XI-Towns is located in Shropshire
Ruyton-XI-Towns
Ruyton-XI-Towns
Location within Shropshire
Population1,379 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ393221
Civil parish
  • Ruyton-XI-Towns
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHREWSBURY
Postcode districtSY4
Dialling code01939
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°47′35″N 2°53′56″W / 52.793°N 2.899°W / 52.793; -2.899

Ruyton-XI-Towns (/ˌraɪtən ɪˈlɛvən taʊnz/[2] "ry-tən eleven towns"), formally Ruyton of the Eleven Towns or simply Ruyton, is a village and civil parish next to the River Perry in Shropshire, England. It had a population of 1,379 at the 2011 Census.

The preparatory school Packwood Haugh is north of the village. Footpaths south of the village lead to the sandstone promontory known as The Cliffe. It is still an area of common land, which is the northern section of the Nesscliffe Hill Country Park.[3]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford, 1971), cited in Wells, John (15 January 2010). "Ruyton how many?". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. ^ [1] Shropshire Council web page The Cliffe (posterstyle walkers' guide).