Alberbury

Alberbury
Alberbury
	Alberbury, with Nesscliffe hill in the distance
	Alberbury Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ358143
Civil parish	Alberbury with Cardeston;
Unitary authority	Shropshire;
Ceremonial county	Shropshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHREWSBURY
Postcode district	SY5
Dialling code	01743
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Shrewsbury and Atcham;
	List of places UK England Shropshire 52°43′23″N 2°57′01″W / 52.7230°N 2.9502°W

Alberbury is a village in Shropshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) west of Shrewsbury on the B4393 road which travels from Ford to Lake Vyrnwy. It is on to the England-Wales border, marked by Prince's Oak.

The River Severn runs just north of the village, and most of the village is in a designated conservation area.^[1]

Alberbury Castle is at the centre of the village as is Loton Hall and the attached deer park. Alberbury is home to Loton Park, with the Loton Park Hill Climb run by the Hagley and District Light Car Club. The village also has a cricket club.

As part of the development of Central Ammunition Depot Nesscliffe in World War II, an ammunition depot was built beneath Loton Park.^[2] This was used for storage of Incendiary ammunition and chemical weapons shells and was operated in co-operation with and guarded by the United States Army Air Forces.^[3]^[4]

The village hall hosts meetings of the Women's Institute and the Young Farmers' Club. In 2008, the village made regional news due to a spectacular Christmas lights display put on at a local farm.^[5]

References

^ Information on the village from Shrewsbury Borough Council Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Central Ammunition Depot Nesscliffe". airfieldinformationexchange.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ Brooks E. Kleber & Dale Birdsell. "The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat". scribd.com. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ Brooks E. Kleber & Dale Birdsell (4 April 2003). The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat. University Press of the Pacific. ISBN 1-4102-0485-5.
^ BBC report on the Christmas lights

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