Yockleton is a Village in the county of Shropshire.

Yockleton postcode: SY5 9PH

Retail in Yockleton

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

There are a number of towns near Yockleton including Clun, Shrewsbury, and Telford.

River Clun is one of Yockleton's best, nearby rivers and streams to visit in Yockleton.

Yockleton's best nearby castles can be found at Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Ruins to visit near Yockleton include Clun Castle, and Acton Burnell Castle.

Places near Yockleton feature a number of interesting villages including Acton Burnell.

Church of Saint Mary at Acton Burnell is a great place to visit close to Yockleton if you like historic buildings.

Shopping Centres to visit near Yockleton include Telford Centre.

Yockleton History

There are some historic monuments around Yockleton:

• Moated site at Leigh Hall
• Caus Castle: a small multivallate hillfort, a motte and bailey castle and a medieval borough
• Ringwork and tower keep castle 170m south east of St George's Church
• Ringwork and bailey castle 100m north east of Heath Farm
• Motte and bailey castle 50m to the west of St Michael's church.
• Wagbeach adit portal, 630m and 640m south of Hogstow Mill
• Standing cross in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels' Church
• Motte and bailey castle 150m south west of Wilderley Hall
• Hawcocks Mount ringwork castle 200m north east of Hawcocks Farm
• Belan Bank motte and bailey castle 250m east of Farm Hall
• Settlement remains of Blakemoorflat
• Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort on Oak Hill, 600m south east of Crows Nest Farm
• Churchyard cross, St Andrew's Church
• Wattlesborough Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Moat Farm moated site
• Kynaston's Cave
• Roman villa at Cruckton
• Pontesford Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Motte castle 140m south east of Wilcot Hall
• Small enclosed Iron Age settlement at Leigh Wood, 180m south of Leigh Hall
• Motte castle 100m south west of Lady House Farm
• Bowl barrow on Cothercott Hill, 420m east of New Leasowes Farm.
• Moated site 400m north west of Whitley Grange
• Castle Pulverbatch motte and bailey castle with outer bailey, 100m NNW of Brook Cottage
• Earl's Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort and an adjacent cross dyke on Pontesford Hill
• Little Shrawardine motte and bailey castle
• Settlement remains of Blakemoorgate
• Motte castle 250m west of Yockleton Hall
• The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills Farm
• Roman Gravels lead mine
• Ringwork and bailey castle 350m south west of Lyndale
• Churchyard cross, St Martin's Church
• Nesscliffe Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Ringwork on Whitsburn Hill, 310m south west of Whitsburn Cottage
• Bowl barrow on Round Hill, 200m west of The Napp
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead on Wilderley Hill, 470m north west of Sallins Cottage
• Snailbeach new smeltmill, 350m north east of Green Acres
• Tankerville lead mine
• Moated site 480m east of Yeaton Peverey Farm
• Nag's Head engine house, 230m north of Home Farm
• Motte castle 200m south west of Bretchel
• Moated site and an associated field system 240m south of Panson Farm
• Bowl barrow at The Napp
• Snailbeach lead mine
• Alberbury Castle: tower keep castle 70m south west of the Church of St Michael and All Angels
• Motte 50m south east of St Martin's Church: part of a motte and bailey castle
• Callow Hill Camp: a small multivallate hillfort
• Shrawardine castle and settlement remains
• Moated site, prospect mound and fishponds adjacent to Isle Farm
• Roman villa 150yds (140m) SE of Lea Hall