Telford
Built-up area in Telford and Wrekin, England
| Coordinates: | 52.675, -2.482 |
|---|---|
| OS grid ref: | SJ 67 08 |
| Population: | 155,570 |
| Dialling code: | 01952 |
Telford is a large post‑war new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, grown from a cluster of older settlements such as Wellington and Oakengates from the 1960s onwards and named after the engineer Thomas Telford. It sits amid notable geography - the prominent hill called the Wrekin, the winding River Severn and the nearby Ironbridge Gorge, with Coalbrookdale close by, linking the town to the origins of the Industrial Revolution.
Economically it mixes light and advanced manufacturing, logistics and retail, anchored by hubs such as the Telford Centre and the Telford International Centre, while tourism to the Ironbridge area remains important. Socially the town is a patchwork of planned estates and older market‑town communities, with ongoing regeneration projects and a distinctly modern, pragmatic identity within the Shropshire landscape.
Postcode districts covering Telford
TF1, TF2, TF3, TF4, TF5, TF6, TF7, TF8, TF12
Most populated places nearby
- Wolverhampton 16 miles25.7 km
- Dudley 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Walsall 22.4 miles36 km
- West Bromwich 23.2 miles37.4 km
- Cannock 19.6 miles31.5 km
- Shrewsbury 12 miles19.3 km
- Stafford 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Kidderminster 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Stourbridge 21.1 miles34 km
- Halesowen 23.4 miles37.7 km
- Tipton 20.5 miles33 km
- Bloxwich 20.7 miles33.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Lawley Ward 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Lawley and Overdale Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Overdale & The Rock Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Malinslee & Dawley Bank Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Horsehay & Lightmoor Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Great Dawley Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Dawley Hamlets Parish 1.2 miles2 km
- Ketley Parish 1.3 miles2 km
- Little Wenlock Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Dawley & Aqueduct Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Oakengates & Ketley Bank Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Arleston & College Ward 1.9 miles3 km
Example postcodes in Telford
TF2 9EN, TF1 2HL, TF2 8BS, TF1 5LH, TF2 6QN, TF1 3AG, TF3 1NF, TF7 5QG, TF2 8LS … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 34.4 miles55.4 km
- Manchester Airport 47.7 miles76.7 km
- Telford Central Railway Station 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Oakengates Railway Station 1.8 miles2.9 km
Hotels in Telford Ad
- The Huntsman of Little Wenlock 4
- Ramada by Wyndham Telford Ironbridge 3
- International Hotel Telford
- The Telford Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort 4
- Best Western Valley Hotel 3
- Tontine Hotel & Bar
- Holiday Inn Telford - Ironbridge
- Hadley Park House Hotel
- Mercure Telford Centre Hotel 4
Schools in Telford
- Apley Wood Primary Academy Primary
- Captain Webb Primary School Primary
- Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge C of E Primary Academy Primary
- Dawley C of E Primary Academy Primary
- Donnington Wood C of E Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre Primary
- Dothill Primary School Primary
- Ercall Wood Academy Secondary
- Haberdashers' Abraham Darby Secondary
- Hadley Learning Community - Primary Phase Primary
- Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase Secondary
- Haughton School Special
- Hollinswood Primary School Primary
- Holmer Lake Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Academy Secondary
- John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School Primary
- John Randall Primary School Primary
- Ladygrove Primary School Primary
- Lantern Academy Primary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- New Bucks Head Stadium 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Madeley Court Estate 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Viroconium Archaeological site 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Attingham Estate 7.7 miles12.5 km
- Patshull Hall Estate 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Davenport House Estate 9.9 miles16 km
- Sundorne Castle Estate 10 miles16 km
- Bomere Wood Forest 10.7 miles17.3 km
- Greenhous Meadow Stadium 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 15 miles24.1 km
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 15.8 miles25.5 km
- Blore Heath Historic site 16.5 miles26.5 km