English Heritage – The ruins of a late 12th -century church of the small priory of Augustinian canonesses. Located halfway between the A41 and A5 north of Albrighton
All Places in ‘Shropshire English Heritage Sites’
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Haughmond Abbey
Address: Haughmond Abbey, Upton Magna, Uffington, Shropshire,
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4RW
United KingdomPhone: 01743 709661English Heritage – Extensive remains of 12th century Augustinian Abbey.
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Langley Chapel (EH)
Address: Langley, Shrewsbury SY5 7HU
Much Wenlock
Shropshire
SY5 7HU
United KingdomEnglish Heritage’s Langley Chapel was constructed in 1601 and located in a remote part of Shropshire near to the village of Acton Burnell. It is is notable for having a complete set of original 17th-century wooden furniture, and its lack of a chancel.
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Acton Burnell Castle
Address: Acton Burnell
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 7PE
United KingdomEnglish Heritage. The remains of a fortified manor house built in the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Chancellor of England and close friend of King Edward the First. The King was a regular visitor and it is said that he convened one of the first English Parliaments here in 1263.
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Boscobel House and the Royal Oak
Address: Boscobel House, Brewood Bishops Wood
Shifnal
Staffordshire
ST19 9AR
United KingdomPhone: 01902 850244English Heritage – King Charles II hid in the house and the nearby Royal Oak to avoid capture by Cromwell’s troops.
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Stokesay Castle
Address: 2 Lawrence Court
Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 9AH
United KingdomPhone: 01588 672544English Heritage. Beautiful perfectly preserved 13th-century fortified manor house – the best example of its type in England.
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Wenlock Priory
Address: Wenlock Priory
Much Wenlock
Shropshire
TF13 6HS
United KingdomPhone: 01952 727466English Heritage – Beautiful remains of large Cluniac Priory close to Much Wenlock Town Centre.
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Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle
Address: Near Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
Bishops Castle
Shropshire
United KingdomPhone: 01939 232771English Heritage: bronze-age stone circle located in a dramatic moorland setting in South Shropshire near to Bishops Castle.
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Moreton Corbet Castle
Address: Moreton Corbet Castle
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4DN
United KingdomPicturesque remains of an 11th Century castle and an Elizabethan mansion house – English Heritage
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Beeston Castle
Address: Beeston Castle, Chapel Lane, Beeston
Tarporley
Cheshire
CW6 9TX
United KingdomPhone: 01829 260464English Heritage Castle & woodland park located near Tarporley in Cheshire
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Buildwas Abbey
Address: Buildwas Abbey, Nr Ironbridge,
Telford
Shropshire
TF8 7BW
United KingdomPhone: 01952 433274English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn.
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Clun Castle
Address: Clun Castle
Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 8JU
United KingdomRuined Borderland castle, is perched high on two ice age mounds overlooking the South Shropshire town of Clun.
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Lilleshall Abbey
Address: Lilleshall Abbey, Near Newport,
Newport
Telford And Wrekin
TF10 9HW
United KingdomExtensive ruins of abbey of Augustinian canons, including remains of the 12th and 13th-century church and the cloister buildings.
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Wroxeter Roman City
Address: Wroxeter
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 6PH
United KingdomPhone: 01743 761330Roman name “Viroconium”, the excavated remains of the second largest Roman city in Britain. Impressive ruins include 2nd century baths and remains of a huge gateway. A replica Roman Town House is now open at Wroxeter, built as part of Channel 4’s entertaining TV series ‘Rome Wasn’t Built in a Read more [...]