Abdon is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Abdon postcode: SY7 9HZ

Retail in Abdon

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

Abdon has some unmissable towns nearby like Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

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

There are a number of castles near Abdon including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are great places to visit near Abdon if you like ruins.

Acton Burnell is a great place to visit close to Abdon if you like villages.

Abdon is near some unmissable historic buildings like Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell,

The area close to Abdon boasts some of the best shopping centres including Telford Centre.

Abdon History

There are some historic monuments around Abdon:

• Moated site, Park Hall mansion and an associated cockpit 320m and 325m south east of Lower Court
• Cold Weston deserted medieval village
• Holdgate Castle motte and bailey castle and garden remains at Hall Farm
• Silvington Manor double moated site
• Motte castle immediately north east of Church Farm
• Round cairn and ancient boundary wall and ditch 450m WNW of The Blue Stone Farm
• Dovecote 250m south east of South Hill Farm, Aston Munslow
• Nordy Bank: a slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of New House Farm
• Round cairn on Titterstone Clee Hill, 440m north west of The Blue Stone Farm
• Churchyard cross at St Mary's Church
• Thonglands moat near Broadstone
• Slight univallate hillfort and two ring cairns on the summit of Titterstone Clee Hill
• Corfham Castle moated site and water management system 460m west of Peaton Bridge
• Lower Cleeton moat, a moat and fishponds 380m south east of Cleeton Court
• Coal mining remains immediately north east of Horseditch House on Clee Hill
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton
• Coal mining remains and brick works on Catherton Common
• Ring cairn and two round cairns on Hoare Edge, 550m south east of Nine Springs Farm
• Coal mining remains at Cornbrook on Clee Hill
• Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church
• Charlcotte furnace
• Packhorse bridge S of St Peter's Church
• Motte castle immediately north west of Middleton Chapel
• Motte and bailey castle 200m east of Brockton Farm
• Deserted village
• The Ditches (or Larden Ditches) in Mogg Forest
• Deserted village