Area Info for Knockin (Shropshire)

Knockin, Shropshire, UK

Knockin is a small village located in Shropshire, England. It is situated in the West Midlands region and is part of the civil parish of Knockin and Kinnerley. The village is known for its rural setting and historical significance.

Geography and Location

Knockin lies approximately 8 miles north of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire. The village is accessible via local roads and is surrounded by agricultural land, typical of the Shropshire countryside.

History and Heritage

The name 'Knockin' is believed to derive from Old English, possibly meaning 'hillock' or 'small hill'. The area has a history dating back to medieval times, with some historical buildings and structures in the vicinity. The village has maintained its rural character over the centuries.

Local Amenities and Features

Knockin features a few local amenities, including a church, a pub, and some residential properties. The village is also known for its proximity to the Knockin Castle, a historic site that adds to the local heritage. The surrounding landscape offers opportunities for walking and outdoor activities.

Community and Events

The community in Knockin is small but active, with local events often centred around the church and village hall. The village maintains a close-knit atmosphere typical of rural English communities.
Education
School
Kinnerley Church of England Controlled Primary School0.78 miles
School Road, Kinnerley, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 8DF
West Felton CofE Primary School2.37 miles
School Road, West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4JR
St Andrew's CofE Primary School3.26 miles
Hopton Lane, Nesscliffe, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1DB
Packwood Haugh School3.37 miles
Park Bank, Ruyton XI Towns, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HX
St John the Baptist CofE (Controlled) Primary School3.39 miles
Church Street, Ruyton XI Towns, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1LA
Bryn Offa CofE Primary School4.13 miles
Rockwell Lane, Pant, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9QR
Morda CofE Primary School4.64 miles
Morda, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9NR
Adcote School for Girls5.23 miles
Little Ness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2JY
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary5.27 miles
Middleton Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2LF
The Marches School5.33 miles
Morda Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2AR
Baschurch CofE Primary School5.47 miles
Eyton Lane, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2AU
Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School5.52 miles
Upper Brook Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2TG
The Corbet School Technology College5.52 miles
Eyton Lane, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2AX
Whittington CofE (Aided) Primary School5.55 miles
Station Road, Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4DA
Oswestry School5.56 miles
Upper Brook Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2TL
Trefonen CofE Primary School5.57 miles
School Lane, Trefonen, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 9DY
Health
Clinic
Pain Management Solutions - Oswestry Leisure Centre4.86 miles
Oswestry Leisure Centre, Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4QB
Inhealth - Plas Ffynnon Medical Centre5.32 miles
Middleton Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2RB
Specsavers Hearcare - West Mercia - Oswestry5.56 miles
24 Bailey Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1PU
Oswestry Health Centre5.57 miles
Thomas Savin Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1GA
Cambrian Medical Centre5.57 miles
Thomas Savin Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1GA
Pain Management Solutions - Cambrian Medical Centre5.57 miles
Thomas Savin Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1GA
Inhealth - The Caxton Surgery5.57 miles
Oswald Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1RD
Oswestry Health Centre5.66 miles
Thomas Savin Road, Off Gobowen Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1GA
Physiological Measurements Ltd - HQ5.77 miles
The Old Malt House, Willow Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1AJ
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital6.69 miles
Gobowen, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7AG
Meadowbrook Neurological Care Centre6.87 miles
Twmpath Lane, Gobowen, Oswestry,, SY10 7HD
The Redwoods Centre9.61 miles
Somerby Drive, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8DS
Shropshire Community Health Nhs Trust Hq9.86 miles
William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XL
Winston Churchill Building10.58 miles
Winston Churchill Buildings, Radbrook Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9BL
Pain Management Solutions - Pontesbury Medical Practice10.60 miles
The Surgery, Hall Bank, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 0RF
Inhealth - Radbrook Green10.92 miles
Bank Farm Road, Radbrook, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 6DU
GP
Knockin Medical Centre0.44 miles
Knockin Medical Centre, Knockin, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 8HL
Plas Ffynnon Medical Centre5.32 miles
Plas Ffynnon Medical Centre, Middleton Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2RB
Prescott Surgery5.46 miles
Prescott Surgery, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2DR
Cambrian Medical Centre5.57 miles
Cambrian Medical Centre, Thomas Savin Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1GA
The Caxton Surgery5.57 miles
The Caxton Surgery, Oswald Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1RD
Ellesmere Medical Practice7.35 miles
Millennium Hall, Cockshutt, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0JH
Westbury Medical Centre7.92 miles
Westbury Medical Centre, Westbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 9QX
Ellesmere Medical Practice8.76 miles
Ellesmere Medical Practice, Trimpley Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0DB
Mytton Oak Surgery9.69 miles
Mytton Oak Medical Practice, Mytton Oak Surgery, Racecourse Lane, Shrewsbury, SY3 5LZ
Pontesbury Medical Practice10.60 miles
Pontesbury Medical Practice, The Surgery, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0RF
Worthen Medical Practice10.87 miles
Worthen Medical Practice, Worthen, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 9HT
Radbrook Green Surgery10.92 miles
Bank Farm Road, Radbrook, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 6DU
Claremont Bank Surgery11.02 miles
Claremont Bank Surgery, Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1RL
Riverside Medical Practice11.09 miles
Riverside Medical Practice, Roushill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PQ
Clive Surgery11.14 miles
Clive Surgery, 20 High Street, Clive, Shrewsbury, SY4 5PS
Clive Surgery11.33 miles
The Surgery, Roden Grove, Wem, Shrewsbury, SY4 5HJ
Hospital
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital6.72 miles
Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7AG
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital9.76 miles
Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XQ
Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital11.21 miles
Longden Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9DP
Whitchurch Community Hospital17.77 miles
Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1NT
The Princess Royal Hospital20.41 miles
Apley Castle, Grainger Drive, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 6TF
Bishop's Castle Community Hospital20.69 miles
Union Street, Bishop`s Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5AJ
Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Chester26.79 miles
Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Wrexham Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH4 7QP
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital Trust28.56 miles
14 Park Road, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0AP
Countess Of Chester Hospital29.20 miles
The Countess Of Chester Health Park, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1HJ
Bowmere Hospital29.20 miles
The Countess Of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1BQ
Bridgnorth Hospital29.35 miles
Northgate, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4EU
BMI The South Cheshire Private Hospital30.80 miles
Leighton, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4QP
Leighton Hospital30.84 miles
Leighton Hospital, Middlewich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4QJ
Ludlow Community Hospital31.03 miles
Gravel Hill, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1QX
The Huntercombe Hospital - Stafford32.07 miles
Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST19 9QT
Ellesmere Port Hospital32.99 miles
114 Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Merseyside, CH65 6SG
Pharmacy
Boots5.50 miles
5-9 Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SU
Church Street Pharmacy Ltd5.50 miles
23 Church Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2SU
Station Pharmacy5.53 miles
The Old Station Building, Oswald Road, Oswestry, SY11 1RB
Cambrian Pharmacy5.57 miles
Cambrian Medical Centre, Thomas Savin Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1GA
Caxton Pharmacy Ltd5.57 miles
Oswald Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1RD
Gobowen Pharmacy7.37 miles
The Former Ticket Office, The Cross, Gobowen, SY11 3JS
Ellesmere Pharmacy8.59 miles
18 Scotland Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0ED
Rowlands Pharmacy8.83 miles
5 Cross Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0AW
Bicton Heath Pharmacy9.13 miles
Bicton Heath Shopping Centre, Welshpool Road, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, SY3 5AD
St Martins Pharmacy9.16 miles
Stans Superstore, Overton Rd,St Martins, Oswestry, Shropshire, Shropshire, SY11 3AY
Boots10.20 miles
37 Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8UG
Pontesbury Pharmacy10.59 miles
Main Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0RR
The Co-Operative Pharmacy10.90 miles
101 Mount Pleasant Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3EL
Radbrook Green Pharmacy10.92 miles
Adjacent to Radbrook Green Surgery, Bank Farm Lane, Radbrook, SY3 6DU
Rhodes Pharmacy11.07 miles
28 Claremont Hill, Shrewsbury,, SY1 1RD
Lunts Pharmacies11.09 miles
Roushill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PQ
Leisure
Park
PRADOE (Grade II Listed)1.96 miles
SHELF BANK5.50 miles
BROGYNTYN (Grade II Listed)6.89 miles
THE MERE AT ELLESMERE8.99 miles
COLEMERE9.01 miles
BERWICK PARK (Grade II Listed)9.45 miles
IFTON MEADOWS9.75 miles
QUARRY PARK, AND DINGLE GARDENS SHREWSBURY (Grade II Listed)11.10 miles
WEM MOSS11.29 miles
CORBETT WOOD AND GRINSHILL11.29 miles
REA BROOK VALLEY12.25 miles
FENN'S, WHIXALL & BETTISFIELD MOSSES12.98 miles
PONTCYSYLLTE AQUEDUCT AND CANAL13.17 miles
STIPERSTONES13.65 miles
LONGNER HALL (Grade II Listed)14.11 miles
CONDOVER HALL (Grade II Listed)14.28 miles
Shop
Groceries
SPAR Nesscliffe2.88 miles
Spar Store, Nesscliffe Service Station, Shropshire, SY4 1BZ
Londis M & P Dransfield3.25 miles
Nesscliffe Service Station, Nesscliffe, SY4 1DB
Co-op Oswestry3.88 miles
Pant, SY10 9QF
SPAR Euro Garage Oswestry4.35 miles
Euro Garages Spar Store, Shrewsbury Road, Shropshire, SY11 4JA
Llandrinio Service Station4.53 miles
Llandrinio, Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SB
Costcutter Llanymynech4.85 miles
Four Crosses Garage, Llanymynech, Powys, SY22 6RE
ALDI Shrewsbury Road4.89 miles
Oswestry, SY11 2RT
Lidl Owestry5.12 miles
70-74 Victoria Road, Oswestry, SY11 2HU
Co-op Oswestry5.26 miles
Cabin Lane, SY11 2DZ
Londis Applegreen, Salop Road5.29 miles
Salop Road, Oswestry, SY11 2RL
Co-op Oswestry5.29 miles
Oswestry, SY11 2HR
SPAR Baschurch5.41 miles
Spar, Shrewsbury Road, Shropshire, SY4 2AY
M&S Oswestry Simply Food5.41 miles
Smithfield Road, Oswestry, SY11 2EL
Gemma’s Convenience Store5.45 miles
63 Church Street Oswestry Shropshire SY11 2SZ
Sainsbury's Oswestry5.46 miles
Black Gate Street, Oswestry, SY11 2EF
Iceland Oswestry5.52 miles
10 Oswald Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1RE
Transport
Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport38.06 miles
Bus Stop
Church (W)0.31 miles
Church (E)0.31 miles
Kinnerley Jct (NW)0.48 miles
Kinnerley Jct (SE)0.48 miles
Mountside (NE)0.57 miles
Mountainside (SW)0.57 miles
Dovaston Jct (E)0.62 miles
Dovaston Jct (W)0.63 miles
Cross Keys (NE)0.70 miles
Cross Keys (SW)0.70 miles
Sandford Jct (NW)1.25 miles
Sandford Jct (SE)1.26 miles
Crossroads (E)1.29 miles
Crossroads (W)1.29 miles
Mountain View (SE)1.33 miles
Mountain View (NW)1.34 miles
Ferry Port
Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal41.66 miles
Birkenhead Ferry Terminal42.19 miles
Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal42.36 miles
Liverpool Isle of Man & Dublin Terminal42.43 miles
Seacombe Ferry Terminal42.69 miles
Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle45.01 miles
Railway Station
Gobowen Rail Station7.36 miles
Chirk Rail Station10.33 miles
Yorton Rail Station10.35 miles
Shrewsbury Rail Station11.21 miles
Welshpool Rail Station11.40 miles
Wem Rail Station11.91 miles
Ruabon Rail Station13.70 miles
Prees Rail Station14.29 miles
Wrexham Central Rail Station17.56 miles
Whitchurch (Shrops) Rail Station17.77 miles
Wrexham General Rail Station17.85 miles
Church Stretton Rail Station19.13 miles
Gwersyllt Rail Station19.43 miles
Wellington (Shropshire) Rail Station20.46 miles
Cefn-y-Bedd Rail Station21.28 miles
Caergwrle Rail Station21.91 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (SY10 8H*)
Number of Properties in Catchment362
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
THE AVENUE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£260,000
2023-06-30
otherPropertyType
freehold
SUNNYDALE
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£699,995
2023-03-31
otherPropertyType
freehold
SANDFORD COURT (SOUTH BARN)
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£775,000
2022-12-16
terraced
freehold
Sold 2015-03-23   £500,000
Sold 2003-12-19   £450,000
THE OAK BARN
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£670,000
2022-02-22
detached
freehold
Sold 2002-09-06   £325,000
THE BLACKSMITHS BARN
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£283,500
2022-01-26
detached
freehold
17, CHURCH VIEW
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HH		£126,000
2021-09-30
flatmaisonette
leasehold
5, CHURCH VIEW
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HH		£180,000
2021-07-14
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2001-09-14   £60,000
VALOIS, CHURCH VIEW
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HH		£295,000
2018-08-15
detached
freehold
Sold 2013-08-09   £200,000
KNOCKIN HALL FARM (THE HAYLOFT)
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£275,000
2016-12-15
terraced
freehold
Sold 2011-09-16   £285,000
GOOSE COTTAGE
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£245,000
2015-12-18
detached
freehold
CORNER BARN
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£490,000
2015-02-16
terraced
freehold
Sold 2006-11-30   £535,000
POPLAR VIEW BARN
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£410,000
2013-02-08
semidetached
freehold
SANDFORD COURT (THE NORTH WING)
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£425,000
2010-09-10
terraced
freehold
SANDFORD COURT (THE WEST WING)
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£487,500
2009-06-05
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2006-06-23   £468,000
Sold 2002-05-10   £325,000
KNOCKIN HALL FARMHOUSE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£430,000
2008-06-30
detached
freehold
Sold 2004-12-03   £410,000
OAK COTTAGE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£385,000
2007-09-14
detached
freehold
Sold 1998-10-02   £60,000
THE OLD RECTORY
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£725,000
2006-08-15
detached
freehold
PARK HOUSE
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£880,000
2005-11-16
detached
freehold
ROSE COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HH		£282,500
2005-05-04
detached
freehold
Sold 2002-07-03   £185,000
Sold 1997-07-25   £66,000
THE OLD FORGE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£275,000
2003-07-26
detached
freehold
THE BRICK BARN
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£235,000
2002-07-15
detached
freehold
THE QUABBS
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£127,000
2002-01-03
detached
freehold
THE LODGE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£650,000
1999-07-26
detached
freehold
OLD SCHOOL HOUSE
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£112,000
1998-03-31
detached
freehold
AVENUE MILL
KNOCKIN
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY10 8HQ		£140,000
1996-05-01
detached
freehold
BROOK HOUSE
SANDFORD
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 4EX		£115,000
1995-09-25
detached
freehold
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