Harlescott
Ward in Shropshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.735, -2.735 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 50 15 |
| Dialling code: | 01743 (Shrewsbury) |
Harlescott is a north‑eastern suburb and electoral ward of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, sitting on the town’s urban fringe where residential streets meet industrial and retail zones. The area combines post‑war council estates and private housing with light industrial estates and retail parks, so it feels more utilitarian than purely suburban and benefits from good road links into the town and out into the county.
Historically it grew out of farmland during the 20th century and today has a mixed social profile: families, long‑standing local communities and workers employed in nearby industry and shops. Local schools, community centres, pubs and small green spaces give it a neighbourhood feel, while periodic redevelopment and regeneration projects aim to tackle pockets of deprivation and improve facilities for residents.
Postcode districts covering Harlescott
Most populated places nearby
- Telford 11.4 miles
- Shrewsbury 1.8 miles
- Wrexham 24.3 miles
- Rhosllannerchrugog 23.3 miles
- Wellington 9.4 miles
- Oswestry 15.6 miles
- Oswestry Rural 15.5 miles
- Nantwich 24.6 miles
- Ryton 17.5 miles
- Newport 15.2 miles
- Bridgnorth 19.2 miles
- Market Drayton 15.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sundorne Ward 0.5 miles
- Battlefield Ward 0.6 miles
- Tern Ward 0.7 miles
- Bagley Ward 0.8 miles
- Castlefields and Ditherington Ward 1.1 miles
- Underdale Ward 1.3 miles
- Monkmoor Ward 1.5 miles
- Quarry and Coton Hill Ward 1.7 miles
- Uffington Parish 1.8 miles
- Shrewsbury Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Abbey Ward 2 miles
- Astley Parish 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Harlescott
SY1 3PY, SY1 3RY, SY1 3QT, SY1 3GZ, SY1 3JW, SY1 3NJ, SY1 3LJ, SY1 3PR, SY1 3LF … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 41.6 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 45.8 miles
- Shrewsbury Railway Station 1.7 miles
- Yorton Railway Station 5.1 miles
Hotels near Harlescott Ad
- The Corbet Arms 1.9 miles
- Abbots Mead Hotel 2 2.1 miles
- Lion and Pheasant Hotel 4 2.1 miles
- St Nicholas Boutique Hotel 3 1.9 miles
- Mytton and Mermaid - Brunning and Price 4 4.5 miles
- Albright Hussey Manor 4 1.3 miles
- Prince Rupert Hotel 4 2 miles
- Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel & Spa 4 1.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Shrewsbury 3 3.1 miles
- Rowton Castle Hotel 8 miles
Schools in Harlescott
- Greenacres Primary School Primary
- Mount Pleasant Primary Primary
Local points of interest
- Sundorne Castle Estate 1.5 miles
- Greenhous Meadow Stadium 3.3 miles
- Attingham Estate 4.6 miles
- Bomere Wood Forest 4.6 miles
- Viroconium Archaeological site 5.8 miles
- New Bucks Head Stadium 10.1 miles
- Whattal Castle Historic site 10.5 miles
- Osbaston Wood Forest 12.8 miles
- Aston Hall Estate 13 miles
- Madeley Court Estate 13.9 miles
- Park Hall Stadium 15.6 miles
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 16 miles