Leaton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Leaton postcode: SY4 3AP

Retail in Leaton

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

Towns to visit near Leaton include Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

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

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

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

The area close to Leaton boasts some of the best villages including Acton Burnell.

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

Shopping Centres to visit near Leaton include Telford Centre.

Leaton History

There are some historic monuments around Leaton:

• Canal aqueduct over River Tern
• Medieval fishpond reservoir NE of Haughmond Abbey and SW of the hamlet of Haughton
• Roman villa NE of Cottage Coppice
• Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington
• Darby Ironworks, Coalbrookdale (furnaces, forehearths and blowing house areas)
• Bedlam Furnaces
• Slight univallate hillfort and a World War II vehicle testing station on the summit of Ebury Hill, 550m west of Haughton Farm
• Wroxeter Roman fort
• Buildwas Abbey
• Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal
• Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church, High Ercall
• Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church
• The Iron Bridge
• Large multivallate and univallate hillforts, a round barrow, a Late Bronze Age settlement and WWII military remains, on The Wrekin
• Site discovered by aerial photography
• Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium)
• Moated site at Whitwell
• Wrekin Rifle Range
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains and a building platform immediately north of Lower Grounds
• Group of round barrows at Willowmoor
• Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm
• Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
• Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton
• New Willey Ironworks