Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Bend In The Lane - geograph.org.uk - 666978.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Near Wollaston and the Welsh border in the parish of Alberbury with Cardeston. |
Coordinates: | 52.715°N -2.901°W |
Official Name: | Alberbury with Cardeston |
Population: | 1,011 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Civil Parish: | Alberbury with Cardeston |
Shire County: | Shropshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Shrewsbury and Atcham |
Post Town: | Shrewsbury |
Postcode District: | SY5 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ391134 |
Alberbury with Cardeston is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 645 (though in 2005 the parish expanded with the annexation of half of the former Wollaston parish), increasing to 1,011 at the 2011 Census.[1] It includes the villages and hamlets of Alberbury, Cardeston, Little Shrawardine, Wollaston, Halfway House, Wattlesborough Heath and Rowton, and has Alberbury Castle and Wattlesborough Castle within its borders. To the west the parish borders Wales, whilst to the north it is bounded by the River Severn.