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 boasts some of the best towns including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

River Clun is a great place to visit close to Muxton if you like rivers and streams.

Castles to visit near Muxton include Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

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

Acton Burnell is one of Muxton's best, nearby villages to visit in Muxton.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Muxton like Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Don't miss Telford Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Muxton.

Muxton History

There are some historic monuments around Muxton:

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