Alberbury

{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|52.7230|-2.9502|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Alberbury

|population =

|civil_parish= Alberbury with Cardeston

|unitary_england= Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england= Shropshire

|region= West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Shrewsbury

|post_town= SHREWSBURY

|postcode_district = SY5

|postcode_area= SY

|dial_code= 01743

|os_grid_reference= SJ358143

|static_image = Alberbury and Nesscliffe - geograph.org.uk - 489665.jpg

|static_image_caption = Alberbury, with Nesscliffe hill in the distance

}}

Alberbury is a village in Shropshire, England, {{convert|9|mi}} 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.[http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/Public/parish/AlberburyWithCardeston/ Information on the village from Shrewsbury Borough Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222701/http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/Public/Parish/AlberburyWithCardeston/ |date=2007-09-27 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?4825-Kinnerley-Ammunition-Depots|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010516/http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?4825-Kinnerley-Ammunition-Depots|url-status = dead|archive-date=2013-10-05|title=Central Ammunition Depot Nesscliffe|publisher=airfieldinformationexchange.org|accessdate=2012-02-11}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/48257221/Chemical-Warfare-Service-Chemicals-in-Combat#logout|title=The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat|author=Brooks E. Kleber & Dale Birdsell|publisher=scribd.com|accessdate=2012-02-11}}{{cite book|title=The Chemical Warfare Service: Chemicals in Combat|author=Brooks E. Kleber & Dale Birdsell|publisher=University Press of the Pacific|date=4 April 2003|ISBN=1-4102-0485-5}}

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.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2008/12/15/christmas_lights_alberbury_features.shtml BBC report on the Christmas lights]

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