Yorton

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{{Infobox UK place|

|country = England

|static_image_name = The Railway, Yorton, Salop - geograph.org.uk - 200179.jpg

|static_image_caption = The Railway Inn public house, Yorton

|coordinates = {{coord|52.809|-2.736|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Yorton

|label_position = top

|population =

|population_ref =

|civil_parish = Clive

|unitary_england = Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region = West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= North Shropshire

|post_town = SHREWSBURY

|postcode_district = SY4

|postcode_area = SY

|dial_code = 01939

|os_grid_reference = SJ503237

}}

Yorton is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the county town of Shrewsbury and south of the town of Wem.

Governance

Yorton is represented in the unitary Shropshire Council and the North Shropshire constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Transport

=Railway=

Yorton railway station is located on the Welsh Marches Line between Wem and Shrewsbury. The station is a request stop. The station also serves the nearby larger village of Clive. The station primarily offers services between Shrewsbury and Crewe, stopping at Wem, Prees, Whitchurch, Wrenbury and Nantwich. The station is also served by morning peak services southbound to Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International, as well as evening peak services southbound to Hereford, Newport, Cardiff Central, Swansea, Carmarthen and Milford Haven and northbound to Wilmslow, Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.

=Bus=

The village is served by the 511 bus route, operated by Arriva Midlands North, which runs between Shrewsbury and Whitchurch via Wem. Some services terminate in Wem and do not continue to Whitchurch.

class="wikitable"

|+ Bus services in Yorton, Shropshire

!Bus operator!! Route!!Destination(s)!! Notes

Arriva Midlands North

{{font color|#ffffff|#0099ff|511}}

Shrewsbury → Hadnall → Wem → Prees → Whitchurch

Some services terminate in Wem{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/midlands/services/511---shrewsbury-to-whitchurch/?direction=outbound|title=Arriva Bus}}

References

External links

Category:Villages in Shropshire