Wombridge
| Wombridge | |
|---|---|
The former 1935 parish hall | |
Wombridge Location within Shropshire | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Wombridge (alternatively Wambridge) is a settlement in the civil parish of Oakengates, in the Telford and Wrekin district of the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wellington, 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Telford, and 16 miles (26 km) from Shrewsbury, covering 699 acres (283 ha). It was former a parish in the Wellington Division of the hundred of Bradford South.
In in 1898, Shropshire County Council (via the Local Government Board) added the parish to Oakengates Urban District, which in its turn was replaced by the town of Telford, that was built as a new town in the 1960s.
It is now an area in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, with a parish church and an eponymous primary school.