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Shrewsbury Castle

Photo of Shrewsbury Castle, a ruined castle in Shropshire, central England.

Shrewsbury Castle

© Matthew Chadwick / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Matthew Chadwick / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Shrewsbury Castle

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Shrewsbury Castle is a castle in Shropshire. It is one of 27 castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. The nearest railway station, Shrewsbury, is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Stapleton Motte and Shrawardine castle are close by.

More at the National Heritage List entry

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Photo of Shrewsbury Abbey, an abbey in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shrewsbury Abbey

Abbey near Shrewsbury

Timber-framed medieval town in a Severn loop.

0.5 km SE

Photo of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, a visitor attraction in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings

Attraction near Shrewsbury

Ditherington Flax Mill, built 1796–1800, the world's first iron-framed building and so an ancestor of the skyscraper, later a maltings and now restored.

1.1 km N

Photo of Attingham Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, central England.Iconic

Attingham Park

House & garden near Shrewsbury

Grand Regency mansion in a Repton deer park.

6.3 km SE

Photo of Cantlop Bridge, a landmark near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, central England.

Cantlop Bridge

Landmark near Shrewsbury

Cast-iron bridge of 1813 spanning the Cound Brook in a single arch south of Shrewsbury, signed off and perhaps designed by Thomas Telford.

7 km S

Photo of Wroxeter Roman City, a Roman fort near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Wroxeter Roman City

Roman fort near Shrewsbury

Viroconium — one of Roman Britain's great cities.

8.6 km SE

Photo of the Shropshire Hills, a National Landscape in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shropshire Hills

National Landscape near Little Stretton

Heather ridges and rocky tops rising over the Welsh border, from the Long Mynd's plateau to the Wrekin's landmark cone

9.5 km SW