Pitchford is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Pitchford postcode: SY5 7DW

Retail in Pitchford

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

The area around Pitchford boasts some of the best towns including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

The area close to Pitchford boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Clun.

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

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

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

There are a number of historic buildings near to Pitchford including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

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

Pitchford History

There are some historic monuments around Pitchford:

• Site discovered by aerial photography
• Shrewsbury Abbey (including pulpit)
• Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm
• Abutment of Roman bridge at Radnor Bridge
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad
• The Burgs
• The Ditches (or Larden Ditches) in Mogg Forest
• Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton
• Motte and bailey castle 200m east of Brockton Farm
• Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood
• Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium)
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton
• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington
• Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
• Langley Hall moated site and Langley Chapel
• Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill
• Bowl barrow on Robin's Tump, 600m south west of Hill House
• Acton Burnell Castle, a moated site with chamber block and tithe barn
• Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
• Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar.
• Queen Eleanor's Bower: a ringwork, 710m north east of Bridge Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort, an 18th century folly and a World War II spigot mortar emplacement, on the summit of Haughmond Hill
• Hilltop enclosure and hut circle on the northern end of The Lawley, 250m north of Blackhurst Farm
• Wroxeter Roman fort
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm