Preston Upon The Weald Moors is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Retail in Preston Upon The Weald Moors

There are great places to visit near Preston Upon The Weald Moors including some great towns, rivers and streams, castles, ruins, villages, historic buildings and shopping centres.

Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford are some of Preston Upon The Weald Moors best towns to visit near Preston Upon The Weald Moors.

Don't miss River Clun's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Preston Upon The Weald Moors.

There are a several good castles in the Preston Upon The Weald Moors area like Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

The area around Preston Upon The Weald Moors boasts some of the best ruins including Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

There are a number of villages near to Preston Upon The Weald Moors including Acton Burnell.

The area close to Preston Upon The Weald Moors boasts some of the best historic buildings including Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell.

Places near Preston Upon The Weald Moors feature a number of interesting shopping centres including Telford Centre.

Preston Upon The Weald Moors History

There are some historic monuments around Preston Upon The Weald Moors:

• Canal aqueduct over River Tern
• Wall Camp in the Weald Moors: a large low-lying multivallate hillfort
• Darby Ironworks, Coalbrookdale (furnaces, forehearths and blowing house areas)
• Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange
• Large multivallate and univallate hillforts, a round barrow, a Late Bronze Age settlement and WWII military remains, on The Wrekin
• Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place
• Group of round barrows at Willowmoor
• Lilleshall Abbey
• Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery
• Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm
• Wrekin Rifle Range
• Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village
• Churchyard of St James's Church
• Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm
• Wappenshall canal bridge, Shropshire Union Canal
• Buildwas Abbey
• St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge
• Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange