Longdon, Worcestershire
Longdon | |
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![]() Looking downhill towards the Church of St. Mary visible in the distance | |
Location within Worcestershire | |
OS grid reference | SO837362 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TEWKESBURY |
Postcode district | GL20 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament |
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Longdon is a village and a civil parish in the Malvern Hills District and council ward of the county of Worcestershire, England and lies about 5 km (3 miles) south of Upton-on-Severn. It is jointly administered with two other parishes by Longdon, Queenhill and Holdfast Parish Council.[1]
Parish Church
[edit]The Church of St. Mary stands within the village.[2]
Village Hall and Green
[edit]The Village Hall and Village Green are administered by a single Trust.[3]
Marshland and nature reserve
[edit]Longdon Marsh is an area of flat land spreading into neighbouring Eldersfield, now mostly drained for agriculture. The Worcestershire Wildlife Trust owns and maintains the Hill Court Farm & The Blacklands flagship nature reserve on an area of former marshland within Longdon and aims to restore it to its former wetland state.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Longdon, Queenhill and Holdfast Parish Council web site
- ^ St Mary's Church Longdon (retrieved 21 February 2022)
- ^ "Home". longdonvillagehall.org.uk.
- ^ "Hill Court Farm & the Blacklands | Worcestershire Wildlife Trust".
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