Annscroft is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Annscroft postcode: SY5 8AY

Retail in Annscroft

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

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

Annscroft is near some unmissable rivers and streams like River Clun,

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

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

Acton Burnell is one of Annscroft's best, nearby villages to visit in Annscroft.

Places near Annscroft feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Telford Centre is one of Annscroft's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Annscroft.

Annscroft History

There are some historic monuments around Annscroft:

• The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills Farm
• Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad
• Moat Farm moated site
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm
• Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall
• Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood
• Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall
• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill, 740m north of Brow Farm
• Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
• College of St Mary Magdalene at Battlefield
• Nag's Head engine house, 230m north of Home Farm
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead on Wilderley Hill, 470m north west of Sallins Cottage
• Shrawardine castle and settlement remains
• Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
• Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Churchyard cross, St Andrew's Church
• Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall
• Pontesford Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Bowl barrow on Cothercott Hill, 420m east of New Leasowes Farm.
• Ringwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's Church
• Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar.
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Moated site and an associated field system 240m south of Panson Farm
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Castle Bank motte and bailey castle, 150m north west of Woolstaston Hall.
• Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap
• Harlescott Grange moated site
• Shrewsbury Abbey (including pulpit)
• The Burgs
• Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond
• Ratlinghope Hill camp: a slight univallate hillfort, 600m north east of Brow Farm
• Motte and bailey castle 50m to the west of St Michael's church.
• Castle Ring: a slight univallate hillfort on Stitt Hill, 450m south east of Stitt Cottages
• Moated site, prospect mound and fishponds adjacent to Isle Farm
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Moated site 400m north west of Whitley Grange
• Little Shrawardine motte and bailey castle
• Hilltop enclosure and hut circle on the northern end of The Lawley, 250m north of Blackhurst Farm
• Bowl barrow 320m north east of Upper Darnford
• Earl's Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort and an adjacent cross dyke on Pontesford Hill
• Bowl barrow 640m north west of Lower Darnford
• Roman villa at Cruckton