Newport is a Town in the county of Shropshire.

Newport postcode: TF10 7AG

Retail in Newport

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

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

There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Newport like River Clun.

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

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

There are a several good villages in the area around Newport like Acton Burnell.

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

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

Newport History

There are some historic monuments around Newport:

• Castle Hill motte and bailey castle
• Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort
• Lilleshall Abbey
• Norbury Manor moated site, 8 fishponds and connecting channels
• Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
• Cheswardine Castle and an associated linear bank
• Roman camps SW of Stoneyford Cottages
• Quarry canal bridge
• Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm
• Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery
• Roman fort 300m east of Drayton Lodge Farm
• St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge
• Moated site 80m west of Blymhill Grange
• Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange
• Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place
• Canal aqueduct
• Bowl barrow on The Roundabout
• Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead immediately adjacent to The Croft, Pave Lane