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Photo of The Iron Bridge, a landmark near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.

The Iron Bridge© Brian Deegan / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Shifnal StationShifnal

29 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

2.2 km S · spans 14 counties

Photo of Weston Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Shifnal, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Weston Park

House & garden near Shifnal

A 17th-century house in Capability Brown parkland, hung with Van Dyck and Stubbs.

6.4 km NE

Photo of Blists Hill Victorian Town, a visitor attraction near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Attraction near Ironbridge

Recreated Victorian town in the Ironbridge Gorge where costumed shopkeepers, a foundry and a fairground bring the industrial age alive.

6.7 km SW

Photo of Coalport China Museum, a visitor attraction near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Coalport China Museum

Attraction near Ironbridge

Riverside museum in the old Coalport works telling the story of Shropshire's fine porcelain, one of ten Ironbridge Gorge museums.

7.5 km SW

Photo of Jackfield Tile Museum, a visitor attraction near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Jackfield Tile Museum

Attraction near Ironbridge

Museum of decorative tiles in the former Craven Dunnill works by the Severn, part of the Ironbridge Gorge collection.

7.8 km SW

Photo of Ironbridge, a village in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Ironbridge

Village

Riverside village strung along the Severn beneath the world's first iron bridge, heart of a World Heritage gorge.

8.7 km SW · Shropshire

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

8.8 km W

Photo of The Iron Bridge, a landmark near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Iconic

The Iron Bridge

Landmark near Ironbridge

The world's first major cast-iron bridge, cast at Coalbrookdale and thrown over the Severn in 1779, heart of a World Heritage gorge.

8.8 km SW

Photo of Boscobel House, a Grade II registered house & garden near Brewood, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Boscobel House

House & garden near Brewood

The hunting lodge where Charles II hid after Worcester, with the Royal Oak descendant in its field.

8.8 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of St Bartholomew's Church, Tong, a church in Shropshire, central England.

St Bartholomew's Church, Tong

Church near Tong

Richly furnished 15th-century collegiate church nicknamed the 'Westminster Abbey of the Midlands' for its alabaster tombs.

4.6 km E

Photo of Granville Country Park, a country park near Telford, Shropshire, central England.

Granville Country Park

Country park near Telford

A country park in Shropshire.

5.4 km NW

Photo of David Austin Roses, a garden near Albrighton, Shropshire, central England.

David Austin Roses

Garden near Albrighton

Free rose gardens at the world-famous Albrighton nursery, planted with hundreds of the breeder's English roses.

5.9 km SE

Lilleshall Abbey

Abbey near Telford

The remains of a medieval abbey in Shropshire.

6.7 km N

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.

7.4 km SW · spans 5 counties

White Ladies (St Leonard's) Priory

Priory near Brewood

The remains of a medieval priory in Shropshire.

7.7 km E

Photo of The Boat Inn (Jackfield), a pub in Shropshire, central England.

The Boat Inn (Jackfield)

Pub near Jackfield

Riverside pub at Jackfield by the Ironbridge Gorge, its walls marking the Severn's great flood levels.

8.3 km SW

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.

8.6 km SW · Shropshire & Wrexham

Everything else within 10 km (12) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.