Kempton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Kempton postcode: SY7 0JG

Retail in Kempton

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

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

There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Kempton like River Clun.

There are a several good castles in the Kempton area like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

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

There are a number of villages near to Kempton including Acton Burnell.

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

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

Kempton History

There are some historic monuments around Kempton:

• Bury Ditches, a small multivallate hillfort on the summit of Sunnyhill
• Brampton Bryan castle
• Ringwork on Warfield Bank 500m south east of Park Cottage
• Billings Ring large univallate hillfort
• Motte castle 510m east of Broadward Hall
• Roman fort
• Cheney Longville ringwork
• Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 80m east of The Port Way.
• Stanage Mound & Bailey Castle
• Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm
• Round barrow S of Linley Hall
• Brandon Camp large univallate hillfort and ring ditch 350m north east of Warwick House.
• Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.
• Ring cairn on the summit of Pen-y-wern Hill
• Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll.
• Bryn y Castell
• Roman temporary camp S of Walford Bridge
• Motte castle 178m WSW of Walford Bridge
• Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds
• Roman fort NE of Buckton
• Clungunford motte castle 90m north east of St Cuthbert's Church
• Radnor Wood Camp
• Roman site NW of Brandon Villa
• Castle Farm moat and associated water management features, Cheney Longville
• Bowl barrow 390m south east of Stanley Cottage
• Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
• Colstey Bank Iron Age enclosure
• Bowl barrow 100m north west of Purslow Hall
• Motte castle at Colebatch, 100m north of Lagden
• Bowl barrow 460m west of Walford Farm
• Tower keep castle at Lower Lea
• Bowl barrow 150m north west of Hollybrook
• Settlement W of Buckton
• Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 650m south-east of the site of Pole Cottage.
• Bowl barrow on Grindle Nills Hill, the southern of two 400m south-east of Barrister's Plain cross dyke.
• Motte and bailey castle with associated remains of a medieval village and ridge and furrow cultivation, 200m west of St Peter's Church
• Castle Ditches: an enclosed settlement on Bedstone Hill
• Motte castle and ice house 30m south of The Old Farm
• Bowl barrow on Minton Hill, 170m ENE of Yapsel Well.
• Caer Caradoc: a small multivallate hillfort
• Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
• Jay Lane Roman fort
• Upper Barn moat
• Bowl barrow on Synald's Knoll, 1000m south of the Midland Gliding clubhouse.
• Bowl barrow on Prior's Holt Hill.
• Motte castle at Upper Buckton
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm
• Churchyard cross in St Cuthbert's churchyard
• Coston Manor moat
• Motte and bailey castle and bishops' palace
• Two conjoined ring cairns on Synald's Knoll, 140m north-west of OS trig pillar.
• Roman villa at Linley Hall
• Bowl barrow on Synald's Knoll, 520m SSE of the Midland Gliding clubhouse.
• Hardwick castle motte and bailey castle 140m WSW of Hardwick Hall
• Site S of Bagbury (revealed by aerial photography)
• Bowl barrow on The Long Mynd, 180m west of the site of Pole Cottage.
• Small multivallate hillfort at Burrow, 750m WSW of St Mary's Church
• Roman camp 1100yds (1010m) E of Brampton Bryan parish church
• Roman station of Bravinium
• Hopton Castle tower keep castle with outer bailey 150m north west of Park Cottage
• Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairn
• Motte and bailey castle 100m west of Holy Trinity Church
• Bowl barrow on Acton Bank, 170m north of Acton House
• Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock
• Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill
• Robury Ring: a small enclosed settlement on Wentnor Prolley Moor
• Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.
• Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworks
• Motte castle and associated settlement remains 150m NNW of Lower Down Farm
• Multiple enclosure hillfort on Coxall Knoll