Alberbury is a village in

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, England, west of

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...

on the

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which travels from

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. It is on to the

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, marked by Prince's Oak. The

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runs just north of the village, and most of the village is in a designated

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Alberbury Castle Alberbury Castle is in the village of Alberbury, some nine miles west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and very close to the border with Wales. The building has been constructed from locally available red sandstone. It is a Grade II listed building. I ...

is at the centre of the village as is Loton Hall and the attached deer park. Alberbury is home to

Loton Park Loton Park is a country house near Alberbury, Shrewsbury in Shropshire, on the upper reaches of the River Severn. It is a Grade II* listed building. It has been the seat of the Leighton family since 1391. It stands in of parkland which in ...

, with the

Loton Park Hill Climb Loton Park Hill Climb is a hillclimb held in part of the Loton Park deer park just outside the village of Alberbury in Shropshire, England. The track was originally constructed by the members of The Severn Valley Motor Club based in Shrewsbury, ...

run by the Hagley and District Light Car Club. The village also has a

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club. As part of the development of Central Ammunition Depot Nesscliffe in

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, an ammunition depot was built beneath Loton Park. This was used for storage of

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and

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shells and was operated in co-operation with and guarded by the

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. The

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hosts meetings of the

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and the Young Farmers' Club. In 2008, the village made regional news due to a spectacular

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s display put on at a local farm.BBC report on the Christmas lights
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* * Villages in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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