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Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England.

Telford and Wrekin
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Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after a prominent hill to the west of Telford. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin", which remains part of the Shropshire ceremonial county and shares institutions such as the Fire and Rescue Service and Community Health with the rest the county.

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Getting to Telford and Wrekin

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 53 km · Manchester (MAN), 75 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Telford and Wrekin
    49 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £5–7
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Telford and Wrekin
    86 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £10–14
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Telford and Wrekin
    94 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £11–15
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Telford and Wrekin

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Telford and Wrekin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    227 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    235 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    367 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    403 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    427 km

If you know how people move in Telford and Wrekin – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Telford and Wrekin

Telford and Wrekin is 43 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.