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 miles
- Chester 23.3 miles
- Chester Castle 22.8 miles
- Shrewsbury 10.5 miles
- Crewe 23.3 miles
- Wrexham 14.6 miles
- Buckley 23.8 miles
- Hawarden 24.4 miles
- Rhosllannerchrugog 13.8 miles
- Wellington 17.3 miles
- Oswestry 8.6 miles
- Oswestry Rural 9.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Cockshutt Built-up area 0.2 miles
- The Meres Ward 0.9 miles
- Petton Parish 1.8 miles
- Hordley Parish 2.4 miles
- Loppington Parish 2.7 miles
- Ruyton and Baschurch Ward 3 miles
- Welshampton Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Rednal Built-up area 3.9 miles
- Ellesmere Built-up area 3.9 miles
- Welshampton and Lyneal Parish 4 miles
- Myddle Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill Parish 4.2 miles
Example postcodes in Cockshutt
SY12 0HE, SY12 0JZ, SY12 0LN, SY12 0JA, SY12 0JF, SY12 0QP, SY12 0JH, SY12 0JE, SY12 0HW … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 32.8 miles
- Manchester Airport 41.6 miles
- Wem Railway Station 5.3 miles
- Yorton Railway Station 5.7 miles
Hotels near Cockshutt Ad
- Burlton Inn 4 2.4 miles
- Old Rectory Hotel 3 4.7 miles
- The Sun Inn 3 3.6 miles
- Ellesmere Hotel 3.9 miles
- Premier Inn Shrewsbury North 3 5.7 miles
- Albrighton Hall Hotel and Spa, a member of Radisson Individuals 4 7.9 miles
- The Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry 4 8.8 miles
- The Hanmer Arms 6.7 miles
- Sweeney Hall Hotel 3 8.7 miles
- Soulton Hall 4 7 miles
Schools in Cockshutt
- Cockshutt C of E Primary School and Nursery Primary
Local points of interest
- Whattal Castle Historic site 0.9 miles
- Aston Hall Estate 6.6 miles
- Park Hall Stadium 7.6 miles
- Osbaston Wood Forest 8.7 miles
- Bangor Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles
- Sundorne Castle Estate 10.6 miles
- NEWI Cefn Druids Stadium 12.1 miles
- Greenhous Meadow Stadium 12.4 miles
- Erddig Country house 13.4 miles
- Combermere Abbey Archaeological site 13.5 miles
- Bomere Wood Forest 13.9 miles
- Attingham Estate 14.2 miles