Shifnal

Shifnal
Market Place and Park Street
Shifnal is located in Shropshire
Shifnal
Shifnal
Location within Shropshire
Population7,009 (2017)
OS grid referenceSJ7407
Civil parish
  • Shifnal
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHIFNAL
Postcode districtTF11
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°39′54″N 2°22′23″W / 52.665°N 2.373°W / 52.665; -2.373

Shifnal (/ʃɪfnəl/) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway and A5 road aka Watling Street. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,391,[1] increasing to 6,776 at the 2011 census.[2]

  1. ^ "Parish Headcounts: Bridgnorth". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Town population 2011". Retrieved 30 November 2015.