Whitchurch is a market town in the civil parish of Whitchurch Urban, in the north of Shropshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) east of the Welsh border, 2 miles south of the Cheshire border, 20 miles (30 km) north of the county town of Shrewsbury, 20 miles (30 km) south of Chester, and 15 miles (24 km) east of Wrexham. At the 2021 Census, the population of the parish was 10,141. Whitchurch is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire. Notable people who have lived in Whitchurch include the composer Sir Edward German, and illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
Black Bear Inn, at the junction of Church Street and High Street
Henry ("Hotspur") Percy was briefly buried in Whitchurch
Bargates, Whitchurch
High Street shops, Whitchurch
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary. Warrington is the largest settlement, and the city of Chester is the county town.
Image: The view north west from Beeston Castle geograph.org.uk 4547395 (edited, cropped)
Image: Little Moreton Hall geograph.org.uk 3625859
The Cheshire Plain from the Mid-Cheshire Ridge.
Chester
