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

Attingham Park© David Hawgood / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Shrewsbury StationShrewsbury

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

Shrewsbury Abbey

Abbey near Shrewsbury

Timber-framed medieval town in a Severn loop.

0.6 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 km NE

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 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.

8.7 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

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.2 km SE · spans 5 counties

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.

0.2 km W · Shropshire & Wrexham

The Dingle, Quarry Park

Garden near Shrewsbury

Percy Thrower's famous sunken flower garden in Shrewsbury's riverside Quarry Park, a blaze of bedding in season.

0.5 km SW

Photo of Town Walls Tower, an ancient site near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, central England.

Town Walls Tower

Ancient site near Shrewsbury

A National Trust place in Shropshire.

0.9 km SW

Photo of Hencote Vineyard, a vineyard near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, central England.

Hencote Vineyard

Vineyard near Shrewsbury

Hillside vineyard and winery above Shrewsbury with tours, tastings and a restaurant looking out over the vines to the Shropshire Hills.

2.2 km N

Haughmond Abbey

Monastery · Augustinian near Shrewsbury

Haughmond Abbey: an Augustinian monastery on the site of an earlier religious foundation, a post-Dissolution residence and garden remains

5.2 km NE

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.

7.2 km S

Everything else within 10 km (17) — 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.