Oreton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Oreton postcode: DY14 8RT

Retail in Oreton

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

Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford are some of Oreton best towns to visit near Oreton.

Oreton is near some unmissable rivers and streams like River Clun,

Don't miss Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle's castles if visiting the area around Oreton.

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

Places near Oreton feature a number of interesting villages including Acton Burnell.

The area close to Oreton boasts some of the best historic buildings including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Shopping Centres to visit near Oreton include Telford Centre.

Oreton History

There are some historic monuments around Oreton:

• Round cairn and ancient boundary wall and ditch 450m WNW of The Blue Stone Farm
• Medieval cross in Chelmarsh churchyard
• Limeworks at The Novers
• Moated site at Sodington Hall
• Medieval cross in St Giles' churchyard
• Coal mining remains at Cornbrook on Clee Hill
• Woodhouse moated friary of Hopton Wafers
• Wall Town Roman camp
• Castle Toot motte castle, 450m WSW of Mawleytown Farm.
• Silvington Manor double moated site
• Wayside cross on High Street, 140m south west of St Mary's Church
• Ring cairn and two round cairns on Hoare Edge, 550m south east of Nine Springs Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort and two ring cairns on the summit of Titterstone Clee Hill
• Coal mining remains and brick works on Catherton Common
• Round barrow 65m south west of St Bartholomew's Church
• Charlcotte furnace
• Nickless moat
• Lower Cleeton moat, a moat and fishponds 380m south east of Cleeton Court
• Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church
• Round cairn on Titterstone Clee Hill, 440m north west of The Blue Stone Farm
• Coal mining remains immediately north east of Horseditch House on Clee Hill
• Stottesdon Bridge 1/3 mile (540m) N of Prescott Mill