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.

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

River Clun is one of Newport's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Newport.

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

Newport has some unmissable ruins nearby like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Villages to visit near Newport include Acton Burnell.

The area around Newport's best historic buildings can be found at Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Newport including Telford Centre.

Newport History

There are some historic monuments around Newport:

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