Edgmond from helicopter. The Wrekin on the horizon

Edgmond is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Wrekin' redirects here for the borough see Telford and Wrekin. Towns villages and other settlements Settlements in Telford and Wrekin - Coalbrookdale Crudgington Edgmond The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃɪə/ /-ʃə alternatively known as Salop or abbreviated in print only Shrops, is a county in the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It lies 1 mile north-west of the town of Newport. Newport is a Market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, some north of

Harper Adams University College is in Edgmond. Harper Adams University College is a Higher education institution located near Newport in Edgmond, Shropshire, UK. Here on 10 January 1982 the English lowest temperature weather record was broken (and is kept to this day): -26. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) 1°C.

The village has two pubs (the Lion and the Lamb), a church, and a post office (as well as other small businesses). A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. The university college has accommodation in the village, where many international students stay. The main subjects taught at the college are related to agriculture and much research is done there.

There is a recreation field called simply "The Playing Fields", where there are Sunday cricket games, pub football matches, and a playground for young children. Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment of one's Body or Mind. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A playground or play area is an area designed for Children to play, indoors or outdoors The village also has many areas for walking and biking including an area called the Rock Hole, which is extremely popular for young mountain bikers, and the canal walk, which leads down to the local town of Newport along the old canals now used for fishing competitions. Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles

There is a church and school in Edgmond. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and is in the Lichfield diocese. Lichfield is a city and Civil parish in Staffordshire, England. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. There is also a primary school called St. See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory Peters.

The name Edgmond comes from the anglo saxon for edge of marsh