Harper Adams University, Newport

Name: Harper Adams University
Address: Newport, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Newport

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Harper Adams University, founded in 1901 as Harper Adams College, is a public university located close to the village of Edgmond, near Newport, in Shropshire, England. Established in 1901, the college is a specialist provider of higher education for the agricultural and rural sector. It gained university college status in 1998, and university status in 2012 when the requirements were relaxed. ()

Alternative names: Established: 2012 (12 years ago)Coordinates: 52°46'45"N, 2°25'40"W

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Harper Adams University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norbury Junction, Aqualate Mere, Newport Guildhall, St Peter.

5.2 miE
Canal
Norbury Junction, Stafford
134 min walk • Norbury Junction is a canal junction which lies about 1 mile to the south east of Norbury, in Staffordshire, England. It opened in 1835, and closed in 1944, although the main line of the Shropshire Union Canal still runs through it.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Aqualate Mere, Newport
96 min walk • Aqualate Mere, in Staffordshire, is the largest natural lake in the English Midlands and is managed as a national nature reserve by Natural England.
2.2 miE
City hall
Newport Guildhall, Newport
58 min walk • Newport Guildhall is a large timber-framed municipal building in Newport, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
0.8 miSE
Church, Architecture
St Peter
20 min walk • St. Peter's Church is in the village of Edgmond, Shropshire, England. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Edgmond and Shifnal, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.
2.2 miE
Memorial
Puleston Cross, Newport
55 min walk • The Puleston Cross is a Butter cross in the market town of Newport, Shropshire The Cross sits in Middle Row, formerly Rotten Row, and denotes the market place.
4.7 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Way for the Millennium
120 min walk • The Way for the Millennium is an east–west route across Staffordshire, deliberately designed for easy walking, using towpaths, old railway lines and footpaths and visiting attractive countryside and green spaces.
4.2 miSE
Monastery
Lilleshall Hall
109 min walk • Lilleshall Hall is a large former country house and estate in the fields of Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. It is run by Serco Leisure Operating Ltd on behalf of Sport England as one of three National Sports Centres, alongside Bisham Abbey and Plas y Brenin. It lies between Telford and Newport.
2.1 miE
Church
St Nicholas Church, Newport
55 min walk • St Nicholas's Church is an Anglican church in the market town of Newport, Shropshire, England lying within the Diocese of Lichfield. It is dedicated to St Nicholas, the patron saint of fishermen. The church is a Grade II* listed building. It is of Early English and Perpendicular architecture.
5.3 miNE
Park
Loynton Moss
136 min walk • Loynton Moss is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, near the village of Woodseaves, in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the Shropshire Union Canal, as it runs from nearby Norbury to High Offley.
2.9 miNE
National park
Birch Moss Covert Nature Reserve
74 min walk • Birch Moss Covert Nature Reserve is a nature reserve managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. It is located on Carrington Moss, north of Sinderland Lane, which runs off the A56 road at Broadheath, Greater Manchester.
2 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Peter and Paul Church, Newport
51 min walk • St. Peter and St. Paul Roman Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Shropshire, England. The parish covers Newport and the surrounding villages as far as Hinstock.

Harper Adams University, Newport

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Harper Adams University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)