Pitchford is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Pitchford postcode: SY5 7DW

Retail in Pitchford

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

Pitchford's best nearby towns can be found at Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

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

Pitchford has some unmissable castles nearby like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

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

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

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

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

Pitchford History

There are some historic monuments around Pitchford:

• Site discovered by aerial photography
• Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
• Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton
• Shrewsbury Abbey (including pulpit)
• The Burgs
• Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium)
• Length of medieval town wall, sally port and interval tower
• Wroxeter Roman fort
• Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill
• Slight univallate hillfort, an 18th century folly and a World War II spigot mortar emplacement, on the summit of Haughmond Hill
• Abutment of Roman bridge at Radnor Bridge
• Earthwork E of Bank Farm
• Acton Burnell Castle, a moated site with chamber block and tithe barn
• Shrewsbury Castle
• Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm
• Bowl barrow on Robin's Tump, 600m south west of Hill House
• Remains of tower in Victoria Avenue
• Hilltop enclosure and hut circle on the northern end of The Lawley, 250m north of Blackhurst Farm
• The Ditches (or Larden Ditches) in Mogg Forest
• Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar.
• Langley Hall moated site and Langley Chapel
• Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton
• Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood
• Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church.
• Queen Eleanor's Bower: a ringwork, 710m north east of Bridge Farm
• Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
• Town wall section W of Belmont Crescent
• Motte and bailey castle 200m east of Brockton Farm
• Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
• Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington
• Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond
• Remains of the crypt or undercroft to the Old Church of St Chad