Acton Burnell is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Acton Burnell

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

Towns to visit near Acton Burnell include Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

The area close to Acton Burnell boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Clun.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are some of Acton Burnell best castles to visit near Acton Burnell.

There are a number of ruins near Acton Burnell including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Villages to visit near Acton Burnell include Acton Burnell.

Don't miss Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell's historic buildings if visiting the area around Acton Burnell.

Telford Centre is a great place to visit close to Acton Burnell if you like shopping centres.

Acton Burnell History

There are some historic monuments around Acton Burnell:

• Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar.
• Acton Burnell Castle, a moated site with chamber block and tithe barn
• Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium)
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm
• Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton
• Wroxeter Roman fort
• Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm
• Bowl barrow on Robin's Tump, 600m south west of Hill House
• Motte castle immediately north east of Church Farm
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
• Langley Hall moated site and Langley Chapel
• Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond
• The Ditches (or Larden Ditches) in Mogg Forest
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad
• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill
• Shrewsbury Abbey (including pulpit)
• Motte and bailey castle 200m east of Brockton Farm
• The Burgs
• Packhorse bridge S of St Peter's Church
• Site discovered by aerial photography
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
• Abutment of Roman bridge at Radnor Bridge
• Hilltop enclosure and hut circle on the northern end of The Lawley, 250m north of Blackhurst Farm
• Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood