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Ruyton-XI-Towns castle

Photo of Ruyton-XI-Towns castle, a ruined castle near Melverley, Shropshire, central England.

Ruyton-XI-Towns castle

© Jeremy Bolwell / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Jeremy Bolwell / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ruyton-XI-Towns castle

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

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Ruyton-XI-Towns castle is one of 27 castles the Albion Guide lists in Shropshire. Other castles nearby include Shrawardine castle, Myddle Castle and Alberbury Castle. Yorton Station is 11.1 km away to the east.

Full name: Tower keep castle immediately west of St John the Baptist's Church

More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Ruyton-XI-Towns castle

Photo along the Shropshire Way, a 182-mile long-distance path in England and Wales.

Shropshire Way

Long-distance path

A figure-of-eight on Shrewsbury through the Shropshire hills, with the Wrekin, the Stiperstones and Wenlock Edge all on the round.

2 km SW · Shropshire & Wrexham

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

4.4 km S · spans 5 counties

Photo of Melverley, a village in Shropshire, central England.

Melverley

Village

Remote hamlet by the Welsh border where the Vyrnwy meets the Severn, famous for its all-timber medieval church.

8.3 km SW · Shropshire

Photo of Oswestry, a village in Shropshire, central England.

Oswestry

Village

Border market town of Welsh and English blood, with a medieval centre and a great Iron Age hillfort on its edge.

12.7 km NW · Shropshire

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

12.8 km W · spans 8 counties

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.

13.3 km SE