Muxton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Muxton

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

There are a several good towns in the Muxton area like Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

The area around Muxton's best rivers and streams can be found at River Clun.

Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle are some of Muxton best castles to visit near Muxton.

The area around Muxton features a number of interesting ruins including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

There are a several good villages in the area around Muxton like Acton Burnell.

The area close to Muxton boasts some of the best historic buildings including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Don't miss Telford Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Muxton.

Muxton History

There are some historic monuments around Muxton:

• St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge
• Churchyard of St James's Church
• Darby Ironworks, Coalbrookdale (furnaces, forehearths and blowing house areas)
• Roman fort 300m east of Drayton Lodge Farm
• Lilleshall Beam Blowing Engines
• Lilleshall Abbey
• Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal
• Blists Hill Iron Furnaces
• Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm
• Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
• The Iron Bridge
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead immediately adjacent to The Croft, Pave Lane
• Canal aqueduct
• Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm
• Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
• Bedlam Furnaces
• Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery
• Roman camps SW of Stoneyford Cottages
• Quarry canal bridge
• Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place
• Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort
• Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange