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 has some unmissable towns nearby like Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

Places near Leaton feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Clun.

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

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

Villages to visit near Leaton include Acton Burnell.

Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell is one of Leaton's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Leaton.

Shopping Centres to visit near Leaton include Telford Centre.

Leaton History

There are some historic monuments around Leaton:

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