Shrewsbury
Population 76,802 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 09 of daylight
- February: 9 h 54 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 55 of daylight
- May: 15 h 46 of daylight
- June: 16 h 50 of daylight
- July: 16 h 24 of daylight
- August: 14 h 46 of daylight
- September: 12 h 44 of daylight
- October: 10 h 41 of daylight
- November: 8 h 45 of daylight
- December: 7 h 39 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Shrewsbury
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Shrewsbury's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
2 to 3 hours· 24
3 to 5 hours· 46
- Huddersfield3h 01
- Swansea3h 04
- London3h 05
- Reading3h 07
- Sheffield3h 11
- Peterborough3h 12
- Bath3h 13
- Accrington3h 13
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 18
- Blackpool3h 21
36 moreFewer
- Aberystwyth3h 22
- Leeds3h 23
- Burnley3h 24
- Tywyn3h 26
- Doncaster3h 40
- St Albans3h 43
- Wakefield3h 44
- Stevenage3h 45
- Ely3h 48
- Farnborough3h 52
- Windsor and Eton3h 58
- York3h 59
- Cambridge4h 04
- Guildford4h 04
- Winchester4h 06
- Chelmsford4h 10
- Crawley4h 11
- Warminster4h 13
- Eastleigh4h 15
- Colchester4h 19
- Salisbury4h 22
- Southampton4h 24
- Southend-on-Sea4h 25
- Exeter4h 27
- Nelson4h 27
- Kingston upon Hull4h 27
- Brighton4h 29
- Lincoln4h 29
- Canterbury4h 36
- Ipswich4h 38
- Annan4h 38
- Folkestone4h 43
- Hastings4h 46
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Cleethorpes4h 55
- Portsmouth4h 57
5 hours or more· 40
- Newcastle upon Tyne5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Torquay5h 02
- Arundel5h 04
- Bournemouth5h 07
- Glasgow5h 07
- Durham5h 08
- Norwich5h 14
- Sunderland5h 26
- Edinburgh5h 29
30 moreFewer
- Middlesbrough5h 30
- Tenby5h 37
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 47
- Lanark5h 47
- Plymouth5h 49
- Greenock5h 58
- Paris6h 01
- Stirling6h 03
- North Berwick6h 11
- Helensburgh6h 12
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Cromer6h 24
- Lille6h 28
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Perth6h 38
- Versailles6h 41
- Disneyland Paris6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- Dundee7h 02
- Brussels7h 08
- Reims7h 30
- Kraainem7h 34
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Leuven7h 45
- Rouen7h 46
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Metz7h 50
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
From Shrewsbury's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 1
1 to 2 hours· 10
2 to 3 hours· 22
3 to 5 hours· 50
- Llandudno3h 05
- Doncaster3h 08
- Bath3h 11
- St Albans3h 13
- Reading3h 15
- Wakefield3h 18
- Burnley3h 19
- Leeds3h 20
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 21
- Stamford3h 29
40 moreFewer
- Accrington3h 30
- Stevenage3h 30
- York3h 34
- Swansea3h 35
- Guildford3h 35
- Swindon3h 35
- Chelmsford3h 40
- Crawley3h 41
- Peterborough3h 43
- Farnborough3h 46
- Warminster3h 47
- Colchester3h 48
- Windsor and Eton3h 48
- Cambridge3h 49
- Southend-on-Sea3h 55
- Nelson3h 56
- Brighton3h 59
- Winchester3h 59
- Annan4h 03
- Canterbury4h 06
- Eastleigh4h 08
- Ipswich4h 08
- Salisbury4h 08
- Lincoln4h 10
- Ely4h 11
- Kingston upon Hull4h 12
- Southampton4h 16
- Exeter4h 17
- Folkestone4h 18
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 31
- Portsmouth4h 31
- Scarborough4h 31
- Arundel4h 34
- Durham4h 37
- Hastings4h 38
- Bournemouth4h 47
- Edinburgh4h 47
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Norwich4h 50
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Shrewsbury Castle Attraction · 480 m
- Shrewsbury Museum (The Music Hall) Museum · 100 m
- Church of St Mary the Virgin Attraction · 220 m
- Clarendon Fire Art Gallery · 40 m
- Soldiers of Shropshire Museum Museum · 480 m
- Coleham Pumping Station Museum · 610 m
- Mary Webb Monument · 370 m
- Charles Darwin Monument · 380 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Loopfest
May
Loopfest is a free music festival held at various central venues in May
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Shrewsbury); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 72 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.