Oreton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Oreton postcode: DY14 8RT

Retail in Oreton

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

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

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

There are a number of castles near Oreton including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Oreton has some unmissable ruins nearby like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

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

Places near Oreton feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Oreton including Telford Centre.

Oreton History

There are some historic monuments around Oreton:

• Coal mining remains at Cornbrook on Clee Hill
• Moated site at Sodington Hall
• Ringwork and former field boundary banks 110m west of St Michael's Church
• Round cairn on Titterstone Clee Hill, 440m north west of The Blue Stone Farm
• Castle Toot motte castle, 450m WSW of Mawleytown Farm.
• Woodhouse moated friary of Hopton Wafers
• Wayside cross on High Street, 140m south west of St Mary's Church
• Coal mining remains and brick works on Catherton Common
• Ring cairn and two round cairns on Hoare Edge, 550m south east of Nine Springs Farm
• Round barrow 65m south west of St Bartholomew's Church
• Charlcotte furnace
• Stottesdon Bridge 1/3 mile (540m) N of Prescott Mill
• Medieval cross in St Giles' churchyard
• Limeworks at The Novers
• Round cairn and ancient boundary wall and ditch 450m WNW of The Blue Stone Farm
• Lower Cleeton moat, a moat and fishponds 380m south east of Cleeton Court
• Nickless moat
• Medieval cross in Chelmarsh churchyard
• Wall Town Roman camp
• Silvington Manor double moated site
• Slight univallate hillfort and two ring cairns on the summit of Titterstone Clee Hill
• Coal mining remains immediately north east of Horseditch House on Clee Hill