Area Info for Shrewsbury (Shropshire)

Overview of Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is a historic market town located in Shropshire, England. It is renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture, including timber-framed buildings, cobbled streets, and the impressive Shrewsbury Castle. The town is situated on the River Severn, offering picturesque views and a charming riverside setting.

History

Shrewsbury has a rich history dating back to the medieval period. It was granted a royal charter in 1199, establishing its status as a market town. The town played a significant role during the English Civil War and has numerous historic sites and buildings that reflect its past. The Shrewsbury Abbey, founded in the 11th century, is a notable historical landmark.

Geography and Location

Located in the West Midlands region of England, Shrewsbury is approximately 14 miles west of Telford and 20 miles south of Wrexham. Its strategic position along the River Severn has historically contributed to its development as a centre of trade and commerce.

Economy and Culture

Shrewsbury's economy traditionally centred around agriculture, trade, and manufacturing. Today, it also benefits from tourism, owing to its historic sites, cultural festivals, and vibrant town centre. The town hosts various events throughout the year, including the Shrewsbury Flower Show and the Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Education and Institutions

The town is home to several educational institutions, including Shrewsbury School, one of the oldest public schools in England. It also has various primary and secondary schools, along with cultural institutions such as the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

Transport

Shrewsbury is well-connected by road and rail. The town has a railway station with services to Birmingham, Manchester, and Welsh destinations. The A5 and A49 roads provide access to nearby cities and regions, facilitating ease of travel.

Notable Features

Apart from its historic architecture, Shrewsbury is known for its scenic beauty, including the Quarry Park and the nearby Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town also features a variety of shops, pubs, and restaurants, making it a popular destination for visitors.
Education
School
Shrewsbury Academy0.00 miles
Corndon Crescent, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2LL
Greenfields Primary School0.39 miles
Hemsworth Way, Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AH
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and Nursery0.72 miles
New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2SP
The Martin Wilson School0.72 miles
New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2SP
St Winefride's Convent School0.73 miles
Belmont, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1TE
Shrewsbury High School0.75 miles
32 Town Walls, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1TN
Mount Pleasant Primary0.85 miles
Whitemere Road, Mount Pleasant, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY
Coleham Primary School0.91 miles
Greyfriars Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7EN
Shrewsbury School0.92 miles
The Schools, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7BA
Woodfield Infant School0.98 miles
Woodfield Road, Copthorne, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8LU
St George's Junior School0.98 miles
Woodfield Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8LU
Crowmoor Primary School and Nursery1.16 miles
Crowmere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5JJ
The Wilfred Owen School1.18 miles
The Monkmoor Campus, Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH
Severndale Specialist Academy1.18 miles
Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SH
Belvidere School1.39 miles
Crowmere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5LA
St Giles CofE Primary School1.42 miles
Portland Crescent, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5NJ
Health
Clinic
St Michaels Clinic0.36 miles
St Michaels House, St Michaels Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2HE
Specsavers Hearcare - West Mercia - Shrewsbury0.57 miles
22 Claremont Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1QG
Claremont Bank Surgery0.58 miles
Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1RL
Inhealth - Claremont Bank Surgery0.58 miles
Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1RL
Single Point Of Access0.71 miles
The Chancery, Abbey Lawn, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5DE
Chaddeslode House and Lodge1.16 miles
Chadeslode House, 130 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6AX
Crowmoor Childrens Centre1.16 miles
Crowmere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5JJ
Pain Management Solutions - South Hermitage Surgery1.32 miles
Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7TS
BPAS Shrewsbury1.35 miles
Marysville Medical Practice, Brook Street, Belle View, Shrewsbury, SY3 7QR
Marysville Medical Centre1.35 miles
Brook Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7QR
Inhealth - Marysville Medical Practice1.35 miles
Brook Street, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7QR
Winston Churchill Building1.50 miles
Winston Churchill Buildings, Radbrook Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9BL
Inhealth - Marden Medical Practice1.59 miles
25 Sutton Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6DL
Inhealth - Radbrook Green1.63 miles
Bank Farm Road, Radbrook, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 6DU
Haughmond View Medical Practice1.64 miles
Severn Fields Health Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4RQ
Haughmond View Medical Practice1.64 miles
1St Floor, Severn Fields Health Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4RQ
GP
Riverside Medical Practice0.45 miles
Riverside Medical Practice, Roushill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PQ
Claremont Bank Surgery0.58 miles
Claremont Bank Surgery, Claremont Bank, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1RL
Whitehall Medical Practice0.89 miles
Monkmoor Road, Whitehall, Monkmoor Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 5AP
South Hermitage Surgery1.14 miles
South Hermitage Surgery, South Hermitage, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, SY3 7JS
Belvidere Medical Practice1.19 miles
Belvidere Medical Practice, 23 Belvidere Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire, SY2 5LS
Marysville Medical Practice1.35 miles
Marysville Medical Practice, Brook Street, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, SY3 7QR
Marden Medical Practice1.59 miles
Marden Medical Practice, 25 Sutton Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6DL
Radbrook Green Surgery1.63 miles
Bank Farm Road, Radbrook, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 6DU
Albert Road Medical Centre1.64 miles
Severn Fields Health Village, Sundorne Road, SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, SY1 4RQ
Mount Pleasant Medical Centre1.64 miles
Severn Fields Health Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4RQ
Mytton Oak Surgery1.92 miles
Mytton Oak Medical Practice, Mytton Oak Surgery, Racecourse Lane, Shrewsbury, SY3 5LZ
The Beeches Medical Practice3.03 miles
The Surgery, Beeches Road, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, SY3 0PF
Shawbury Medical Practice6.23 miles
Shawbury Medical Practice, Poynton Road, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, SY4 4JS
Prescott Surgery6.26 miles
Prescott Surgery, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2DR
The Beeches Medical Practice6.55 miles
Dorrington Surgery, The Maitlands, Dorrington, Shrewsbury, SY5 7LD
Shawbury Medical Practice6.67 miles
73 Talbot Fields, High Ercall, Telford, Shropshire, TF6 6LY
Hospital
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital1.72 miles
Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XQ
Nuffield Health, Shrewsbury Hospital1.81 miles
Longden Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9DP
The Princess Royal Hospital10.11 miles
Apley Castle, Grainger Drive, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 6TF
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital16.46 miles
Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7AG
Whitchurch Community Hospital18.00 miles
Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1NT
Bishop's Castle Community Hospital18.55 miles
Union Street, Bishop`s Castle, Shropshire, SY9 5AJ
Bridgnorth Hospital18.61 miles
Northgate, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4EU
The Huntercombe Hospital - Stafford21.86 miles
Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST19 9QT
Ludlow Community Hospital23.73 miles
Gravel Hill, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1QX
Nuffield Health, Wolverhampton Hospital25.86 miles
Wood Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8LE
Rowley Hall Hospital26.80 miles
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AQ
West Park Hospital27.18 miles
Park Road West, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4PW
Penn Hospital27.22 miles
Penn Hospital, Penn Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HN
St George's27.75 miles
Corporation Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 3SR
County Hospital28.22 miles
Weston Road, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 3SA
Tenbury Community Hospital28.54 miles
Worcester Road, Burford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8AP
Pharmacy
Lunts Pharmacies0.45 miles
Roushill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PQ
Jhoots Pharmacy0.46 miles
53 Riverside Shop Ctr., Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1PH
Boots0.51 miles
7 - 9 Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DD
Rhodes Pharmacy0.60 miles
28 Claremont Hill, Shrewsbury,, SY1 1RD
Boots0.61 miles
4-5 Market Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1LE
Boots0.86 miles
129 Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 7DW
Asda Instore Pharmacy1.05 miles
Old Potts Way, Shrewsbury, SY3 7ET
The Co-Operative Pharmacy1.06 miles
101 Mount Pleasant Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3EL
Conway Pharmacy1.31 miles
238 Monkmoor Road, Telford Est Shopping Ctre, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 5SR
Boots1.37 miles
37 Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8UG
Lunts Pharmacies1.37 miles
1-3 Hereford Road, Shrewsbury,, SY3 7QT
Rowlands Pharmacy1.59 miles
The Pharmacy, 25 Sutton Road, Shrewsbury, SY2 6DL
Radbrook Green Pharmacy1.63 miles
Adjacent to Radbrook Green Surgery, Bank Farm Lane, Radbrook, SY3 6DU
Rowlands Pharmacy1.64 miles
Severn Fields Health Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 4RQ
Tesco Pharmacy1.86 miles
Cattle Market, Battlefield Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 4HA
Sainsbury's Pharmacy1.89 miles
Unit 2 Meole Brace Retail Park, Hereford Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 9NB
Leisure
Park
QUARRY PARK, AND DINGLE GARDENS SHREWSBURY (Grade II Listed)0.70 miles
BERWICK PARK (Grade II Listed)1.46 miles
REA BROOK VALLEY1.64 miles
LONGNER HALL (Grade II Listed)3.22 miles
ATTINGHAM PARK (Grade II* Listed)4.32 miles
CONDOVER HALL (Grade II Listed)5.14 miles
PITCHFORD HALL (Grade II Listed)6.11 miles
CORBETT WOOD AND GRINSHILL6.68 miles
ACTON BURNELL (Grade II Listed)8.11 miles
ORLETON HALL (Grade II Listed)9.07 miles
THE ERCALL AND LAWRENCE'S HILL9.84 miles
LIMEKILN WOOD10.19 miles
PRADOE (Grade II Listed)10.93 miles
ARLESTON10.95 miles
STIPERSTONES11.15 miles
HAWKSTONE (Grade I Listed)11.45 miles
Shop
Groceries
Robson Stores Greenfields0.22 miles
46 Ellesmere Road, Shrewsbury SY1 2PR
SPAR Castlefields0.45 miles
Spar Store, 63 New Park Street, Shropshire, SY1 2LE
M&S Shrewsbury0.49 miles
5 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 2BD
Tesco Shrewsbury (Express)0.51 miles
24 Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1EX
Tesco Shrewsbury (Express)0.84 miles
Ditherington Rd, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4BD
SPAR Coleham0.88 miles
Spar, 56 Longden Coleham, Shropshire, SY3 7DH
Border Stores0.89 miles
47-49 Crowmere Road, Shropshire Shrewsbury SY2 5HT
Costcutter Shrewsbury0.97 miles
8-10 Mount Pleasant Road, Shrewsbury, SY1 3BQ
ASDA Shrewsbury1.05 miles
Old Potts Way, Shrewsbury, SY3 7ET
Co-op Shrewsbury1.06 miles
Heath Farm, SY1 3EL
Co-op Shrewsbury1.09 miles
Monkmoor, SY2 5BH
Sainsbury's Shrwsby Aby Fgte Local1.15 miles
Unit 2, 125 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6AZ
Morrisons Shrewsbury1.17 miles
Whitchurch Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 4DL
First Stop Convenience Store1.31 miles
5 Conway Drive, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 5UA
SPAR Monkmoor1.31 miles
1, Conway Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 5UA
AK Convenience1.32 miles
146 Crowmere Road, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 5JZ
Transport
Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport43.15 miles
Bus Stop
No. 11 (SW)0.00 miles
No. 11 (E)0.01 miles
Sydney House Hotel (S)0.04 miles
Berwick Road Jct (SW)0.06 miles
Berwick Road Jct (NE)0.07 miles
Berwick Avenue Jct (NW)0.07 miles
No. 10 (SW)0.09 miles
Wood Street Jct (N)0.15 miles
Wood Street Jct (S)0.17 miles
Coton Manor Flats (SE)0.17 miles
Coton Manor Flats (NW)0.18 miles
No. 23 (NW)0.18 miles
No. 38 (NW)0.18 miles
The Pump House (NW)0.23 miles
Broome Place (SE)0.23 miles
Gasworks (NE)0.24 miles
Ferry Port
Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal48.08 miles
Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal48.66 miles
Birkenhead Ferry Terminal48.67 miles
Liverpool Isle of Man & Dublin Terminal48.75 miles
Seacombe Ferry Terminal49.14 miles
Liverpool Belfast Ferry Terminal Bootle51.33 miles
Railway Station
Shrewsbury Rail Station0.35 miles
Yorton Rail Station6.45 miles
Wem Rail Station9.80 miles
Wellington (Shropshire) Rail Station9.98 miles
Church Stretton Rail Station12.53 miles
Oakengates Rail Station12.82 miles
Prees Rail Station12.93 miles
Telford Central Rail Station13.34 miles
Shifnal Rail Station16.38 miles
Welshpool Rail Station16.65 miles
Gobowen Rail Station17.02 miles
Whitchurch (Shrops) Rail Station17.74 miles
Craven Arms Rail Station19.23 miles
Cosford Rail Station19.64 miles
Chirk Rail Station19.84 miles
Broome Rail Station21.01 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (SY1 2L*)
Number of Properties in Catchment140
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
12, KIRKWOOD COURT

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3SX		£340,000
2025-06-27
detached
freehold
5, CREWE STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2HQ		£180,000
2025-06-20
terraced
freehold
17, AVONDALE DRIVE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2TZ		£215,000
2025-06-18
semidetached
freehold
5, WATCHCOTE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YX		£210,000
2025-06-13
semidetached
freehold
22, NEWFIELD DRIVE
CASTLEFIELDS
SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2SL		£282,500
2025-06-13
semidetached
freehold
19, LONG ROW

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 4DF		£164,000
2025-06-06
terraced
freehold
150, MONKMOOR ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY2 5BL		£295,000
2025-06-02
terraced
freehold
196, NEW PARK ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2SP		£195,000
2025-05-30
semidetached
freehold
44, BARKSTONE DRIVE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3XT		£95,000
2025-04-25
flatmaisonette
leasehold
42, NEW PARK STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2JY		£197,000
2025-04-24
terraced
freehold
68, PERCY STREET
GREENFIELDS
SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2QG		£220,000
2025-04-23
terraced
freehold
2, BRAMLEY CLOSE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2TP		£227,500
2025-04-23
semidetached
freehold
6, SANDFORD AVENUE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3BE		£200,000
2025-04-17
semidetached
freehold
61, NEW PARK STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2LE		£156,500
2025-04-17
terraced
freehold
80, ST MICHAELS STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2HA		£140,000
2025-04-17
terraced
freehold
8, KATESWAY

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YY		£190,000
2025-04-17
semidetached
freehold
3, KATESWAY

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YY		£195,000
2025-04-17
semidetached
freehold
70, MONKMOOR ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY2 5AX		£465,000
2025-03-31
detached
freehold
15, MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3BH		£273,000
2025-03-31
semidetached
freehold
9, ALBAFONT TERRACE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2HY		£140,000
2025-03-31
terraced
freehold
60, NEWFIELD DRIVE
CASTLEFIELDS
SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2SN		£207,000
2025-03-28
semidetached
freehold
4, DARVILLE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2UG		£245,000
2025-03-28
detached
freehold
9, MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3BD		£220,000
2025-03-28
semidetached
freehold
44, COLDRIDGE DRIVE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YT		£180,000
2025-03-28
terraced
freehold
38, BEDDOW CLOSE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2NX		£126,000
2025-03-24
flatmaisonette
leasehold
28, QUEEN STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2JX		£268,000
2025-03-21
terraced
freehold
2, COLDRIDGE DRIVE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YT		£400,000
2025-03-19
detached
freehold
8, CORINTHIAN DRIVE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY2 5EQ		£248,000
2025-03-13
semidetached
freehold
66, ST MICHAELS STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2HA		£150,000
2025-03-07
terraced
freehold
36A, DITHERINGTON ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 4AU		£125,000
2025-03-03
flatmaisonette
freehold
48, MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3BJ		£190,000
2025-01-22
semidetached
freehold
30, DITHERINGTON ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 4AU		£435,000
2025-01-22
otherPropertyType
freehold
23, OLD HEATH

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 4SF		£210,000
2024-12-06
semidetached
freehold
32, WHITCHURCH ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 4DW		£245,000
2024-11-29
semidetached
freehold
8, WILLOWDALE GARDENS

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3SS		£245,000
2024-10-28
terraced
freehold
8, COLDRIDGE DRIVE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YT		£292,500
2025-03-21
detached
freehold
87, YEW TREE CLOSE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2UR		£276,250
2025-03-20
detached
freehold
1, TARVIN ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2TU		£255,000
2025-03-14
semidetached
freehold
6, BURTON STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2JW		£225,000
2025-03-07
terraced
freehold
17, WHITEMERE ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3BT		£250,000
2025-03-07
semidetached
freehold
59, MONKMOOR ROAD

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY2 5AS		£237,000
2025-03-07
terraced
freehold
46, SEVERN STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2JA		£195,000
2025-03-03
terraced
freehold
2, DARVILLE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2UG		£250,000
2025-03-03
detached
freehold
5, ASHLEY STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY2 5DU		£345,000
2025-03-03
semidetached
freehold
47, BEDDOW CLOSE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2NX		£287,000
2025-02-28
semidetached
freehold
25, RACECOURSE AVENUE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY2 5BU		£227,000
2025-02-28
semidetached
freehold
57, NEW PARK STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2LE		£150,000
2025-02-28
terraced
freehold
45, CASTLE FOREGATE

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2EH		£152,000
2025-02-28
terraced
freehold
7, KATESWAY

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 3YY		£205,000
2025-02-28
terraced
freehold
1, DORSET STREET

SHREWSBURY
SHROPSHIRE
SY1 2JB		£240,000
2025-02-28
terraced
freehold
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