Shrewsbury
Built-up area in Shropshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.715, -2.762 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 48 13 |
| Population: | 76,782 |
| Dialling code: | 01743 |
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire in England, famously built within a tight meander of the River Severn. The town retains a medieval street plan and a compact core of timber‑framed buildings, with landmarks such as Shrewsbury Castle and Shrewsbury Abbey, and is noted as the birthplace of Charles Darwin.
Today it functions as a lively market and administrative centre with a strong independent retail and cultural scene, popular festivals and a well‑used riverside park at The Quarry. Its mix of heritage, good schools including Shrewsbury School, and proximity to the historic borderlands of the Welsh Marches make it both a tourism draw and a local economic hub.
Postcode districts covering Shrewsbury
Most populated places nearby
- Telford 12 miles19.3 km
- Rhosllannerchrugog 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Wellington 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Oswestry 15.5 miles25 km
- Oswestry Rural 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Ryton 18 miles29 km
- Newport 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Bridgnorth 19 miles30.6 km
- Market Drayton 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Codsall 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Ludlow 23.9 miles38.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Quarry and Coton Hill Ward 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Porthill Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Castlefields and Ditherington Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Copthorne Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Belle Vue Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Bagley Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Underdale Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Abbey Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Radbrook Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Meole Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Monkmoor Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Bowbrook Ward 1.8 miles2.8 km
Example postcodes in Shrewsbury
SY1 1SS, SY1 2JH, SY1 9XZ, SY2 6HJ, SY1 9UZ, SY1 4TG, SY2 6LJ, SY1 2BB, SY3 5FX … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 42.9 miles69 km
- Birmingham International Airport 46.2 miles74.4 km
- Shrewsbury Railway Station 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Yorton Railway Station 6.6 miles10.6 km
Hotels in Shrewsbury Ad
- Abbots Mead Hotel 2
- Lion and Pheasant Hotel 4
- St Nicholas Boutique Hotel 3
- Prince Rupert Hotel 4
- St Nicholas
- The Alb
- Holiday Inn Express Shrewsbury 3
- Tumbledown Hotel 4
Schools in Shrewsbury
- Belvidere Primary School Primary
- Coleham Primary School Primary
- Greenacres Primary School Primary
- Greenfields Primary School Primary
- Harlescott Junior School Primary
- Meole Brace C of E Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Meole Brace School Secondary
- Mereside C of E Primary Academy Primary
- Mount Pleasant Primary Primary
- Oxon C of E Primary School Primary
- Prestfelde School Independent - all ages
- Radbrook Primary School Primary
- Severndale Specialist Academy Special
- Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Shrewsbury College Further education
- Shrewsbury High School GDST Independent - all ages
- Shrewsbury School Independent - secondary
- St George's Junior School Primary
- St Giles C of E Primary School Primary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- Greenhous Meadow Stadium 1.9 miles3 km
- Sundorne Castle Estate 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Bomere Wood Forest 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Attingham Estate 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Viroconium Archaeological site 5.7 miles9.2 km
- New Bucks Head Stadium 10.9 miles17.6 km
- Whattal Castle Historic site 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Osbaston Wood Forest 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Aston Hall Estate 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Madeley Court Estate 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Park Hall Stadium 15.7 miles25.2 km