Wroxeter and Uppington is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the English county of

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

. The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 382. It lies mainly between the

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and the old A5 (now the B5061) and stretches from

Atcham Atcham is a village, ecclesiastical parish and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies on the B4380 (once the A5 road (Great Britain), A5), 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury. The River Severn flows round the villag ...

to The Wrekin. The main villages are

Wroxeter Wroxeter ( ) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is beside the River Severn, south-east of Shrewsbury. In 1961 the ...

and Uppington. Also forming part of the parish are the hamlets of Rushton, Charlton Hill, Donnington, Eyton and Dryton, as well as

Business Park/Industrial Estate.Parish of Wroxeter and Uppington
/ref> The parish has an active

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club, the Wroxeter & Uppington CC. Formed in 1906, it was originally based in Donnington, and now has a ground in Uppington.Wroxeter and Uppington CC
accessed 20-11-10

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{{shropshire Civil parishes in Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham

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