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 miles
- Rhosllannerchrugog 23.9 miles
- Wellington 10.3 miles
- Oswestry 15.5 miles
- Oswestry Rural 15.2 miles
- Ryton 18 miles
- Newport 16.6 miles
- Bridgnorth 19 miles
- Market Drayton 17.3 miles
- Codsall 24.6 miles
- Ludlow 23.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Quarry and Coton Hill Ward 0.2 miles
- Porthill Ward 0.7 miles
- Castlefields and Ditherington Ward 0.9 miles
- Copthorne Ward 1 mile
- Belle Vue Ward 1.1 miles
- Bagley Ward 1.3 miles
- Underdale Ward 1.3 miles
- Abbey Ward 1.4 miles
- Radbrook Ward 1.4 miles
- Meole Ward 1.6 miles
- Monkmoor Ward 1.6 miles
- Bowbrook Ward 1.8 miles
Example postcodes in Shrewsbury
SY3 8QQ, SY1 9WF, SY1 3TE, SY1 4UE, SY3 8PD, SY1 4EH, SY1 3HS, SY2 6PH, SY1 2RN … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 42.9 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 46.2 miles
- Shrewsbury Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Yorton Railway Station 6.6 miles
Hotels in Shrewsbury Ad
- The Old Post Office
- The Bull Inn 4
- The Alb 3
- Prince Rupert Hotel 4
- Holiday Inn Express Shrewsbury 3
- Lion & Pheasant Hotel 4
- Abbots Mead Hotel 2
- The Vaults 3
- Tumbledown Hotel 4
- Lion Hotel Shrewsbury 3
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 miles
- Sundorne Castle Estate 2.9 miles
- Bomere Wood Forest 3.4 miles
- Attingham Estate 4.5 miles
- Viroconium Archaeological site 5.7 miles
- New Bucks Head Stadium 10.9 miles
- Whattal Castle Historic site 11.3 miles
- Osbaston Wood Forest 12.3 miles
- Aston Hall Estate 12.9 miles
- Madeley Court Estate 14.2 miles
- Strata Marcella Abbey Historic site 14.7 miles
- Park Hall Stadium 15.7 miles