Abdon is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Abdon postcode: SY7 9HZ

Retail in Abdon

There are great places to visit near Abdon including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.

There are a number of towns near Abdon including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Abdon including River Clun.

Abdon has some unmissable castles nearby like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are great places to visit near Abdon if you like ruins.

Places near Abdon feature a number of interesting villages including Acton Burnell.

Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell is a great place to visit close to Abdon if you like historic buildings.

The area close to Abdon boasts some of the best shopping centres including Telford Centre.

Abdon History

There are some historic monuments around Abdon:

• Coal mining remains at Cornbrook on Clee Hill
• Lower Cleeton moat, a moat and fishponds 380m south east of Cleeton Court
• Holdgate Castle motte and bailey castle and garden remains at Hall Farm
• Deserted village
• Round cairn and ancient boundary wall and ditch 450m WNW of The Blue Stone Farm
• Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church
• Churchyard cross at St Mary's Church
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton
• Motte castle immediately north west of Middleton Chapel
• Round cairn on Titterstone Clee Hill, 440m north west of The Blue Stone Farm
• Corfham Castle moated site and water management system 460m west of Peaton Bridge
• Coal mining remains immediately north east of Horseditch House on Clee Hill
• Cold Weston deserted medieval village
• Moated site, Park Hall mansion and an associated cockpit 320m and 325m south east of Lower Court
• Charlcotte furnace
• Slight univallate hillfort and two ring cairns on the summit of Titterstone Clee Hill
• Deserted village
• Thonglands moat near Broadstone
• Silvington Manor double moated site
• Nordy Bank: a slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of New House Farm
• Motte castle immediately north east of Church Farm
• Ring cairn and two round cairns on Hoare Edge, 550m south east of Nine Springs Farm
• Packhorse bridge S of St Peter's Church
• Dovecote 250m south east of South Hill Farm, Aston Munslow
• Coal mining remains and brick works on Catherton Common
• Motte and bailey castle 200m east of Brockton Farm
• The Ditches (or Larden Ditches) in Mogg Forest