Cockshutt
Parish in Shropshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.858, -2.846 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 43 29 |
| Population: | 787 |
| Dialling code: | 01939 (Wem) |
Cockshutt is a small rural civil parish in Shropshire, England, sitting in the county’s northern agricultural belt and close to market towns such as Ellesmere while remaining within reasonable reach of Shrewsbury. The landscape is typically gentle and green, with rolling farmland, hedgerows and small copses, and a scattering of traditional stone and brick farmhouses that give the village a quietly picturesque character.
Locally the economy is still largely agricultural, supplemented by small businesses and commuters who work in nearby towns; community life centres on a village hall and informal clubs rather than heavy tourist traffic. Its history is that of many Shropshire villages, with long-established field patterns and lanes and a quiet rural heritage that residents work to conserve while adapting to modern rural living.
Postcode districts covering Cockshutt
Most populated places nearby
- Telford 19.8 miles31.8 km
- Chester 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Chester Castle 22.8 miles36.6 km
- Shrewsbury 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Crewe 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Wrexham 14.6 miles23.6 km
- Buckley 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Hawarden 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Rhosllannerchrugog 13.8 miles22.1 km
- Wellington 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Oswestry 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Oswestry Rural 9.4 miles15.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Cockshutt Built-up area 0.2 miles0.4 km
- The Meres Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Petton Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Hordley Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Loppington Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Ruyton and Baschurch Ward 3 miles4.9 km
- Welshampton Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Rednal Built-up area 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Ellesmere Built-up area 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Welshampton and Lyneal Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Myddle Built-up area 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill Parish 4.2 miles6.7 km
Example postcodes in Cockshutt
SY12 0JA, SY12 0JY, SY4 5TD, SY12 0JW, SY12 0JQ, SY12 0FT, SY12 0JR, SY12 0JF, SY12 0JP … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 32.8 miles52.9 km
- Manchester Airport 41.6 miles67 km
- Wem Railway Station 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Yorton Railway Station 5.7 miles9.2 km
Hotels near Cockshutt Ad
- The Old Rectory 3 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Ellesmere Hotel 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Hawkstone Hall Hotel & Gardens 9.3 miles14.9 km
- The Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry, Shropshire 4 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Ye Old Boote Inn 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Albright Hussey Manor 4 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa 4 8 miles12.9 km
- Hawkstone Park Hotel 3 8.4 miles13.6 km
- Moreton Park Lodge 3 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Lion Quays Hotel & Spa 4 9 miles14.4 km
Schools in Cockshutt
- Cockshutt C of E Primary School and Nursery Primary
Local points of interest
- Whattal Castle Historic site 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Aston Hall Estate 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Park Hall Stadium 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Osbaston Wood Forest 8.7 miles13.9 km
- Bangor Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Sundorne Castle Estate 10.6 miles17 km
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Greenhous Meadow Stadium 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Erddig Country house 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Combermere Abbey Archaeological site 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Bomere Wood Forest 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Attingham Estate 14.2 miles22.9 km