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.

The area around Leaton features a number of interesting towns including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Leaton including River Clun.

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

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

The area around Leaton's best villages can be found at Acton Burnell.

Leaton is near some unmissable historic buildings like Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell,

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

Leaton History

There are some historic monuments around Leaton:

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