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Wellington is a
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and a
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in the borough of
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,
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, England. It is situated northwest of
Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...
and east of
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...
, near the western terminus of the
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. The summit of The Wrekin lies 3 miles to the southwest. Wellington’s population was 25,554 in the
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census.


History

A church has stood for almost 1,000years and a priest is mentioned in the
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. The original churchyard still remains. A new church, dedicated to All Saints, designed by George Steuart, was built in 1789. Wellington's first market charter was granted to Giles of Erdington, lord of the manor, in 1244 and a market still exists today. The market had an open-sided market hall by 1680, and possibly much earlier, but it was dismantled in about 1805. In 1841 a market company was formed to purchase the market rights from Lord Forester in 1856. In 1848 the company built a town hall with the butter market below, creating a permanent covered space for traders. The first Shropshire Olympian Games, organised by celebrated Olympic revivalist Dr William Penny Brookes, were held in Wellington in May 1861. In August 1868 the town hosted the third National Olympian Games, organised by the National Olympian Association co-founded by Brookes, when their intended venue at
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had become unavailable. To the northeast of the town is the site of Apley Castle, originally a 14th-century fortified manor house, the remains of which were converted into a stable block with the building of a grand Georgian house, which was itself demolished in 1955. The surviving stable block has been converted into apartments and retains some medieval features.


The creation of Telford

Dawley New Town was designated by the government in 1963, and was expanded to encompass Wellington in 1968 under the new name of
Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...
, named for the great engineer and first county surveyor of
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,
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. The creation of Telford has divided opinion in Wellington ever since, with some celebrating the jobs and investment it brought to the area and others bemoaning the negative impact on Wellington's own economy; as well as its status and sense of identity. The development of Telford Town Centre and local retail parks since the 1970s had an adverse effect on Wellington's retail centre. The local
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team's name was changed from Wellington Town to Telford United in 1969. For many years, local politics left Wellington in conflict with Wrekin District (now Telford and Wrekin Council), with claims and counterclaims of neglect. In the 21st century, however, the borough council has invested heavily in the town. These investments include the redeveloped Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre near the centre of the town, which has brought together the library, town council, swimming pool and gym, along with a modern
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. 200 borough council officers are also located at the new complex.


Commerce

The area's largest employers are located in nearby areas of Telford with Wellington itself housing hundreds of small businesses in its shops, offices and small manufacturing units. A range of nationwide chains have branches in Wellington, with a Retail Park called Wrekin Retail Park in the town.


Attractions

The Wrekin, one of Shropshire's most famous landmarks, is the most northern part of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Located just from the centre of Wellington, it attracts tens of thousands of walkers and cyclists to the town every year. Located in the town's Victorian market hall, Wellington Market operates four days a week and houses over 100 stalls. A Farmers' Market takes place on the fourth Saturday of the month, bringing together several Shropshire food producers and retailers in the market's historic home of Market Square. A short walk from the centre of the town is Sunnycroft, a Victorian villa and mini-estate now owned and run by the
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. Wellington is home to the Belfrey Theatre, an amateur venue run by the Wellington Theatre Company which offers an annual season of plays and other shows.


Sport

The New Buck's Head football stadium, home to AFC Telford United, is in Wellington. Other sporting clubs include the Wellington Cricket Club, currently in the Birmingham League Premier Division, and Wrekin Golf Club.


Events

The area's music and theatre groups host performances throughout the year, and there are craft markets at both Belmont Hall and Christ Church. In March, the town marks Charter Day, when the 1244 charter is delivered by a messenger on horseback. A jury then convenes in the Market Square to appoint the town crier, ale taster and market clerk for the year ahead. During the summer, around 40 events take place in and around the town, including the historically inspired Midsummer Fayre, the town carnival and Lions Day at Bowring Park, and the Wellington Walking Festival. Sounds in The Square brings live music to the heart of the town across weekends in July and August, and various concerts and fetes complete the programme. The Wellington Arts Festival runs every October, and offers a variety of events including plays, music, exhibitions, literature and poetry. There is now a cinema in Market Square, Wellington, called The Wellington Orbit, which is operated by a team of volunteers. On their website it claims to be "Telford's only independent cinema."


Education and health services

Wellington is the main education centre for the borough. Telford College and the independent school Wrekin College are located around the outskirts of the town, along with several primary and secondary schools. The Princess Royal Hospital, one of Shropshire's two main hospitals, is located just outside the town at Apley, as is the Severn Hospice. Within the town, Wellington Health Centre is the main GP practice. The former cottage hospital was endowed in 1910 by Ann Bowring, in memory of her late husband John, a successful fish merchant and railway entrpreneur. The hospital, which opened on the Haygate Road in 1913, was used as a military auxiliary hospital during World War I. Threatened with closure in 1919, it was saved by local fundraising and continued to serve as a local hospital and later a care home, under the regional Health Board.


Media

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and
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. Television signals are received from the Wrekin TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Shropshire, Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire, Greatest Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire and Capital North West and Wales. The town is served by local newspaper, Shropshire Star.


Transport

Wellington has road links, centrally located railway and bus stations, and a position on routes 45 and 81 of the National Cycle Network.


Railway

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is served by three
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: * Avanti West Coast operates one return journey to each weekday *
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run hourly services between and West Wales; destinations alternate between & , and * West Midlands Trains operate hourly services each way between and , via .


History

The station was built in 1849. In 1867, a branch line was opened to connect the town with
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. The Wellington and Market Drayton Railway operated for almost a hundred years before closure under the Beeching Axe in 1963. The line remained open for goods only services until 1967; the track was lifted in 1970. There were also railway links to
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(closed 1962) and
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, which closed in the late 1960s. A goods only link to a rail head at Donnington, on part of the former Wellington to Stafford line, has been re-opened. There have been campaigns to re-open the whole of the line from Shrewsbury to Stafford through Wellington, Leegomery, Hadley,
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, Donnington and Newport. Between 2008 and 2011, the town had a through train service to
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operated by Wrexham & Shropshire, the first for almost 40 years.


Buses

Current bus services operated by
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in Wellington are: * 4: Madeley – Leegomery * 7: Wellington – Telford Centre * X7: Telford Centre – Shrewsbury * 8: Telford/Wellington –
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* X10A: Telford Centre – Shrewsbury * 99 – Telford circular In late 2022, Telford and Wrekin Council introduced the ''Travel Telford'' services, operated by Chaserider and Select Bus Services; these are: * 100: Wellington – Sutton Hill * 101: Madeley – Princess Royal Hospital * 102/3: Wellington – Newport


History

After
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, BMMO expanded its depots out from
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to other towns and cities in the
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, including Shrewsbury, which would later lead to them opening a depot on Charlton Street on 21 July 1932 after closing the Shrewsbury depot in the same month. BMMO was later renamed to Midland Red Omnibus Company in March 1974 and was split up in September 1981 to become Midland Red (North) Limited, with whom the depot was taken control of. Midland Red North was later acquired by the Cowie Group on 1 August 1996, who would rename and become
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on 6 November 1997, making Midland Red North become what is now the current operator that serves Wellington and Telford, Arriva Midlands. After 80 years of the Charlton Street depot being in operation, it would be closed by Arriva in April 2012 and demolished in summer of 2015. The fleet and staff from the Charlton Street depot were moved to a new premises on Stafford Park prior to its demolition.


Community projects

A number of community organisations are active in the town, including Wellington's 'Walkers are Welcome' Group which organises regular walks around the area in addition to the annual Walking Festival, and Wellington H2A promoting arts and heritage in the town through a range of events. Local history and heritage are promoted by Wellington History Group and Wellington Civic Society. A twinning group exists to maintain links with Wellington's twin town of Chatenay-Malabry in France. Amongst current community projects are the Peace Garden, started by local nonagenarian George Evans (died 2020), and the ambitious project to return a cinema to the town for the first time since the closure of the Clifton almost three decades ago. In June 2019, the Wellington Orbit was officially opened, bringing a cafe, bar and cinema to the centre of the town.


Twin towns

Wellington is twinned with Châtenay-Malabry, France.


Notable people

The town's literary claims to fame include it being the birthplace of 19th-century evangelical religious writer Hesba Stretton (1832–1911), and the first job of poet Philip Larkin (1922–1985) was as librarian of Wellington Library from 1943 to 1946. Larkin described Wellington as a "hole full of toad's turds" and stated that his job as town librarian was to "hand out tripey novels to morons". A walkway at the side of Wellington Library was named Larkin Way in honour of Philip Larkin, but this pathway was lost during re-development work on the library. Larkin Way, in a slightly modified form, still exists. The Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre is on Larkin Way. Reverend
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(1777–1861) lived in the town for a year while serving a curacy before moving to Yorkshire and meeting his future wife there, Maria Branwell (1783–1821), she bore him six notable Brontë daughters. The abolitionist Dr William Withering (1741–1799) was born in the town, he also investigated
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, used in the treatment of
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. Several members of the pop group T'Pau (active 1986–1992), including vocalist Carol Decker (born 1957) and keyboardist Michael Chetwood, grew up in Wellington – the latter returning to run a music shop in the town. Below are other notable people born, educated or prominent in Wellington ordered by date of birth from earliest to most recent. * Thomas Charlton (??-1344), Bishop of Hereford,
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of England,
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, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. * Thomas Leigh (1504–1571), born there, merchant,
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1558–59. *
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(1615–1691), puritan church leader and scholar. * Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet (1685–1749), politician, founded
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. He was brought up by his maternal aunt at Dothill Park, her husband being politician Sir William Forester (1655–1718). * Nathaniel Plimer (1757–1822) & Andrew Plimer (1763–1837), brothers, painters of miniatures. * Edward Pryce Owen (1788–1863), artist, was vicar of Wellington 1823–1840. * Richard Padmore (1789–1881), Liberal politician and industrialist, born there * Henry John Gauntlett (1805–1876), composer, organist and organ designer, born there when his father
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(1762–1833) was curate at the parish church * Thomas Campbell Eyton JP, DL (1809–1880), naturalist who studied cattle, fishes and birds. * Robert William Eyton (1815–1881), antiquary, born there, son of local vicar. * John Dickson (''circa'' 1819–1892), railway contractor, lived in Wellington between 1847 and 1854 before relocating to South Wales. * Cecil Gordon Lawson (1849–1882), landscape artist, born there. * Lonsdale Ragg (1866–1945), clergyman and writer who became Archdeacon of Gibraltar, born there. * David Cranage (1866–1957), Church of England clergyman who became Dean of Norwich and writer. * William Allison White (1894–1974), World War I
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recipient, died there. * George Ambler Wilson (1906–1977), civil engineer, born there. * George King (1919–1997),
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thinker or mystagogue, founded the Aetherius Society, born there. * Len Murray (1922–2004), General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1973 to 1984, educated at Wellington Grammar School. * Peter Vaughan (1923–2016) actor, lived in Wellington before moving to
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at age seven. *
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(1934–1967), manager of
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studied the
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at Wrekin College for two years. * Gerry Fowler (1935–1993), Labour Party politician, lived there while MP for The Wrekin and local councillor. * Nigel Rogers (1936–2022), tenor opera singer and musical conductor, born there. * Paulette Wilson (1956–2020), immigration rights activist, grew up here when parents arrived from
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. * Richard Cousins (1959–2017), businessman, CEO
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, lived here in the late 1980s and was active in its local Cricket Club. * Stewart Lee (born 1968), comedian, born there. *
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(born 1969), American-based actor, born there.


Sport

* John Parton (1863–1906), cricketer, born there * Jackery Jones (1877–1945), footballer, born there, played for 314 games for Wolves. * Billy Scarratt (1878–1958), footballer, born and died there, played notably for Shrewsbury Town. * Watty Corbett (1880–1960), footballer, born there; player for
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and
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, won team gold medal in
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. * Charlie Millington (1882–1945), footballer who played over 160 games for
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,
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and
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, died there. * Harry Hampton (1885–1963), footballer, born there, played 410 games, played for Wellington Town and 339 games for
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. * Tommy Pritchard (1904–1968), footballer, born there, played over 150 games, especially for Wolves and Charlton Athletic. * Des Fawcett (1905–1968), footballer who played 336 matches for six clubs, ending with Wellington Town; died there. *
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(1930–1999),
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tennis player, born there * Tommy Nicholls (1931–2021),
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boxer who competed at
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and 1956 Olympics, where he won silver * Peter Thornley (born 1941), professional wrestler, born there, best known as the ring character
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* Tony Parton (born 1967), cricketer, born there. * Adam Byram (born 1971), cricketer, born there. * Kamran Sheeraz (born 1973), cricketer, born there. * Adam Proudlock (born 1981) football manager and former player in 310 games.


See also

* Listed buildings in Wellington, Shropshire


References


External links


Wellington Town CouncilWellington History GroupWellington Chamber of CommerceTelford Culture Zone
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