Jackfield is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Jackfield

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

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

There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Jackfield like River Clun.

Jackfield's best nearby castles can be found at Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

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

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

The area around Jackfield's best historic buildings can be found at Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Shopping Centres to visit near Jackfield include Telford Centre.

Jackfield History

There are some historic monuments around Jackfield:

• Medieval cross in Holy Trinity churchyard
• Medieval cross in St Gregory's churchyard
• Large multivallate and univallate hillforts, a round barrow, a Late Bronze Age settlement and WWII military remains, on The Wrekin
• New Willey Ironworks
• Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange
• St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge
• Blists Hill Iron Furnaces
• Darby Ironworks, Coalbrookdale (furnaces, forehearths and blowing house areas)
• Bedlam Furnaces
• Coalport Inclined Plane
• The Hermitage
• Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
• Wrekin Rifle Range
• Moated site and associated ponds
• The Iron Bridge
• Moated site at Whitwell
• Buildwas Abbey
• Old Park Farm moated site
• Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
• Group of round barrows at Willowmoor
• Medieval Settlement, south-east of Upton Cressett Hall
• Roman Settlement, 390m north-east of New House Farm
• Coalport Bridge
• Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm
• Panpudding Hill: a ringwork and bailey castle 100m south of Bridgnorth Station
• Wenlock Priory
• Lilleshall Beam Blowing Engines
• Bridgnorth Castle
• Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery
• Churchyard of St James's Church