Shrewsbury: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 76,782
• Coordinates: 52.7101° N, 2.7521° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 224 km (139 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL): 70 km (43 mi), straight line
• Birmingham Airport (BHX): 74 km (46 mi), straight line
• Manchester Airport (MAN): 78 km (48 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bayston Hill: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• Bicton: 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
• Great Hanwood: 5.3 km (3.3 mi)
• Astley: 7.2 km (4.5 mi)
• Berrington: 7.5 km (4.7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Telford, 21 km (13 mi)