Whitchurch Rural

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Whitchurch Rural
Brown Moss Nature Reserve
Whitchurch Rural Location within Shropshire
Population	1,533 (2011 census)
Civil parish	Whitchurch Rural
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°56′28″N 2°38′53″W / 52.941°N 2.648°W / 52.941; -2.648

Whitchurch Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.

It covers the area (that is in Shropshire) to the south and southeast of the town of Whitchurch, including the villages of Prees Heath, Tilstock and Broughall. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,533.^[1]

It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the parish of Whitchurch which was part of the Whitchurch urban district. It formed part of the Whitchurch Rural District from 1894 to 1934, when it became part of the Wem Rural District. It then became part of North Shropshire Rural District in 1967.