Shelton
Shelton is a suburb located in the west of the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, described by the Pevsner Architectural Guides as "Shrewsbury's principal interwar suburb." It was once a village of its own, but the town of Shrewsbury has grown steadily in the area since the 1950s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shelton, Shrewsbury” and “Shelton, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Christ Church.
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire and Powys, in conjunction with the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The parish of Christ Church, Shelton and Oxon, lies within the Diocese of Lichfield, in the county of Shropshire, England. The parish church was built in 1854 by Edward Haycock Snr in Early English style with many lancet features.
Shrewsbury Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed. Shrewsbury Castle is situated 2 miles east of Shelton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copthorne and Mountfields.
Copthorne
Suburb
Copthorne is a suburb located in the western side of the county town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 4,105.
Mountfields
Neighborhood
Mountfields is an area in Shrewsbury, England, just north of the Welsh Bridge.
Frankwell
Suburb
Photo: ChrisJB, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Frankwell is a district of the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. It lies adjacent to the River Severn, to the northwest of the town centre, and is one of Shrewsbury's oldest suburbs.
Shelton
- Category: locality
- Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.71532° or 52° 42′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.79239° or 2° 47′ 33″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
9C4VP685+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 611868935OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Shelton” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “شیلٹن، شاپ شائر”
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Localities in the Area
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