Great Ryton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Great Ryton in Shropshire is located 8.9 km S from Shrewsbury.

Great Ryton postcode: SY5 7LP

Retail in Great Ryton

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

Don't miss Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford's towns if visiting the area around Great Ryton.

There are a number of rivers and streams near to Great Ryton including River Clun.

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

Ruins to visit near Great Ryton include Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Don't miss Acton Burnell's villages if visiting the area around Great Ryton.

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

Shopping Centres to visit near Great Ryton include Telford Centre.

Great Ryton History

There are some historic monuments around Great Ryton:

• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• Shooters Hut disc barrow, 1500m south-west of Duckley Nap.
• Abutment of Roman bridge at Radnor Bridge
• Langley Hall moated site and Langley Chapel
• Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar.
• Roman villa at Cruckton
• Enclosure on Haddon Hill, 360m north-west of The Batch
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Castle Hill, 150m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
• Motte and bailey castle 50m to the west of St Michael's church.
• Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage
• Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad
• Bowl barrow on Wildmoor, 200m north-east of the Shooting Box.
• Bowl barrow 200m north-west of Wildmoor Pool.
• Bowl barrow 320m north east of Upper Darnford
• Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall
• Bowl barrow, 540m east of Wildmoor Pool.
• The Burgs
• Bowl barrow on Robin's Tump, 600m south west of Hill House
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill, 120m north west of Jinlye
• Castle Bank motte and bailey castle, 150m north west of Woolstaston Hall.
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Round cairn on Calf Ridge, 800m east of The Shooting Box
• Bodbury Ring: a large univallate hillfort on the summit of Bodbury Hill.
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill
• Site discovered by aerial photography
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm
• Brockhurst Castle: a tower keep castle and causeway, 200m south of Brockhurst
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Bowl barrow on Ashlet Hill, 800m WSW of Longmynd Hotel
• Bowl barrow 500m south-east of Duckley Nap.
• Queen Eleanor's Bower: a ringwork, 710m north east of Bridge Farm
• Enclosure and building platform on Nover's Hill, 250m east of Cwmdale Farm
• Cross-dyke at Devil's Mouth, west of Burway Hill
• Shrewsbury Abbey (including pulpit)
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead on Wilderley Hill, 470m north west of Sallins Cottage
• Bowl barrow and a section of boundary bank at Henley Nap
• Bowl barrow on The Long Mynd, 500m east-south-east of Boiling Well.
• Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
• Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock
• Moated site and an associated field system 240m south of Panson Farm
• Acton Burnell Castle, a moated site with chamber block and tithe barn
• Moated site 400m north west of Whitley Grange
• Slight univallate hillfort, an 18th century folly and a World War II spigot mortar emplacement, on the summit of Haughmond Hill
• Moat Farm moated site
• Bowl barrow on summit of Bodbury Hill, 100m north-east of Bodbury Ring
• Hilltop enclosure and hut circle on the northern end of The Lawley, 250m north of Blackhurst Farm
• Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Bowl barrow and section of boundary bank on Duckley Nap, 500m east of Wildmoor Pool.
• Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm
• Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond
• Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood
• Bowl barrow on The Long Mynd, 100m north-east of Boiling Well.