Muxton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Muxton

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

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

Don't miss River Clun's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Muxton.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are great places to visit near Muxton if you like castles.

Muxton's best nearby ruins can be found at Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

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

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

Telford Centre is a great place to visit close to Muxton if you like shopping centres.

Muxton History

There are some historic monuments around Muxton:

• Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
• Roman camps SW of Stoneyford Cottages
• Lilleshall Beam Blowing Engines
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead immediately adjacent to The Croft, Pave Lane
• Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm
• Quarry canal bridge
• Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange
• Churchyard of St James's Church
• Blists Hill Iron Furnaces
• Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
• Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm
• St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge
• Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery
• Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal
• Lilleshall Abbey
• Bedlam Furnaces
• Darby Ironworks, Coalbrookdale (furnaces, forehearths and blowing house areas)
• The Iron Bridge
• Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort
• Canal aqueduct
• Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place
• Roman fort 300m east of Drayton Lodge Farm