Dawley

Dawley is a former mining town and civil parish in the borough of , , England. It was originally proposed to be the main centre of the 'Dawley New Town' plan in 1963, however it was decided in 1968 to name the new town as 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford.
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  • Type: Town with 11,400 residents
  • Description: small town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Dalilea Magna” and “グレート・ドーリー”

Places of Interest

Highlights: The Telford Langley School and Elephant And Castle Public House.

School
is a coeducational…

Pub
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Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horsehay and Telford.

Suburb
is a suburban village on the western…

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is a new town in the ceremonial county of , .

Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement in the Ironbridge Gorge… is situated 2 miles southwest of Dawley.

Dawley

Latitude
52.66382° or 52° 39′ 50″ north
Longitude
-2.46519° or 2° 27′ 55″ west
Population
11,400
Elevation
610 feet (186 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB DAW
Open location code
9C4VMG7M+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27459107
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2651475
Wiki­data ID
Q2569308
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Dawley” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Dawley”
  • Basque: “Dawley”
  • Bengali: “ডলিে”
  • Chinese: “道利”
  • Chinese: “道雷”
  • Dutch: “Dawley”
  • Finnish: “Dawley”
  • French: “Dawley”
  • German: “Dawley”
  • Gujarati: “ડોવ્લી”
  • Irish: “Dawley”
  • Italian: “Dawley”
  • Japanese: “ドーリー (シュロップシャー)”
  • Kannada: “ಡಾವ್ಲಿ”
  • Korean: “그레이트 다울리”
  • Ladin: “Dawley”
  • Latin: “Dawley Magna”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Daulis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dawley”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dawley”
  • Persian: “داولی”
  • Polish: “Dawley”
  • Portuguese: “Dawley”
  • Russian: “Доули”
  • South Azerbaijani: “داولی”
  • Spanish: “Dawley”
  • Swedish: “Dawley”
  • Tamil: “டவ்லே”
  • Telugu: “దవ్లీ”
  • Turkish: “Dawley”
  • Ukrainian: “Доулі”
  • Urdu: “داولے”
  • Volapük: “Dawley”
  • Welsh: “Dawley”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Heath Hill and Hinkshay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dawley Bus Station and Dawley Town Hall.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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