Leaton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Leaton postcode: SY4 3AP

Retail in Leaton

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

Leaton's best nearby towns can be found at Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

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

The area around Leaton boasts some of the best castles including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Ruins to visit near Leaton include Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

The area close to Leaton boasts some of the best villages including Acton Burnell.

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

Places near Leaton feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Telford Centre.

Leaton History

There are some historic monuments around Leaton:

• Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall
• Roman villa NE of Cottage Coppice
• Darby Ironworks, Coalbrookdale (furnaces, forehearths and blowing house areas)
• Canal aqueduct over River Tern
• The Iron Bridge
• Wroxeter Roman fort
• New Willey Ironworks
• Site discovered by aerial photography
• Wrekin Rifle Range
• Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm
• Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington
• Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton
• Large multivallate and univallate hillforts, a round barrow, a Late Bronze Age settlement and WWII military remains, on The Wrekin
• Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
• Buildwas Abbey
• Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church
• Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium)
• Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal
• Medieval fishpond reservoir NE of Haughmond Abbey and SW of the hamlet of Haughton
• Moated site at Whitwell
• Slight univallate hillfort and a World War II vehicle testing station on the summit of Ebury Hill, 550m west of Haughton Farm
• Group of round barrows at Willowmoor
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains and a building platform immediately north of Lower Grounds
• Bedlam Furnaces