Hanwood is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Hanwood postcode: SY5 8RA

Retail in Hanwood

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

There are a number of towns near Hanwood including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

Places near Hanwood feature a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Clun.

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

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

Villages to visit near Hanwood include Acton Burnell.

Don't miss Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell's historic buildings if visiting the area around Hanwood.

Shopping Centres to visit near Hanwood include Telford Centre.

Hanwood History

There are some historic monuments around Hanwood:

• Shrawardine castle and settlement remains
• Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond
• Bowl barrow on Cothercott Hill, 420m east of New Leasowes Farm.
• Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
• Kynaston's Cave
• Moat Farm moated site
• Ringwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's Church
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Castle Bank motte and bailey castle, 150m north west of Woolstaston Hall.
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad
• Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall
• Moated site 480m east of Yeaton Peverey Farm
• Nesscliffe Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Churchyard cross, St Andrew's Church
• Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage
• The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills Farm
• Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
• Medieval cross in St Martin's churchyard, Preston Gubbals
• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• The Burgs
• Ringwork and bailey castle 100m north east of Heath Farm
• Motte and bailey castle 50m to the west of St Michael's church.
• Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall
• Harlescott Grange moated site
• Little Shrawardine motte and bailey castle
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Churchyard cross, St Martin's Church
• Nag's Head engine house, 230m north of Home Farm
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Moated site and an associated field system 240m south of Panson Farm
• Moated site, prospect mound and fishponds adjacent to Isle Farm
• Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall
• Moated site 400m north west of Whitley Grange
• Hilltop enclosure and hut circle on the northern end of The Lawley, 250m north of Blackhurst Farm
• Shrewsbury Abbey (including pulpit)
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood
• Earl's Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort and an adjacent cross dyke on Pontesford Hill
• Roman villa at Cruckton
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead on Wilderley Hill, 470m north west of Sallins Cottage
• Settlement remains of Blakemoorflat
• Motte 50m south east of St Martin's Church: part of a motte and bailey castle
• Settlement remains of Blakemoorgate
• Pontesford Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Callow Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Motte castle 140m south east of Wilcot Hall