Lawley, Shropshire
{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Lawley
| static_image_name = Pond at Lawley - geograph.org.uk - 4896978.jpg
| static_image_caption = Lawley
| coordinates = {{coord|52.671672|-2.484724|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = West Midlands
| pushpin_map =
| civil_parish = Lawley and Overdale
| unitary_england = Telford and Wrekin
| lieutenancy_england = Shropshire
| region = West Midlands
| constituency_westminster = Telford
| population =
| population_ref =
| post_town = TELFORD
| postcode_district = TF4
| postcode_area = TF
| dial_code = 01952
| os_grid_reference = SJ668086
| type = Village
}}Lawley is a large village, former township and suburb of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England.{{Cite book |first1=A. P. |last1=Baggs|first2=D. C. |last2=Cox|first3=Jessie|last3=McFall|first4=P. A.|last4=Stamper|first5=A. J. L.|last5=Winchester|title=Lawley|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/salop/vol11/pp276-277|series=A History of the County of Shropshire|volume=11|publisher=Victoria County History|pp=276-280|access-date=17 January 2025}} It is located northwest of the town of Dawley and southwest of the town of Telford. It is part of the civil parish of Lawley and Overdale.{{Cite web |date=26 July 2022|title=History trail - Lawley and Overdale Parish Council |url=https://lawleyoverdale-pc.gov.uk/history-trail/ |access-date=5 January 2025}}
History
File:St John's Church, Lawley.jpg
In 1843 Lawley was a separate township. The village later became part of the Dawley New Town in 1963, which later became Telford.
Amenities
Most of the villages amenities are located on Birchfield Way. The parish church of St John, built 1865, is on Dawley Road and is a Grade II listed building.{{NHLE|num=1367388|desc=Church of St John, Lawley and Overdale|grade=II|access-date=17 January 2025}} The Telford Steam Railway operate along part of the former Wellington to Craven Arms Railway, with its northern terminus at Lawley Village.{{Cite web |title=Phase One - Lawley Village |url=https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/steamingtoironbridge-lawley.html |access-date=5 January 2025|website=Telford Steam Railway}}
Transport
There are regular buses through the village between Telford, Shrewsbury and Madeley. As well as to Bridgnorth, Wellington, Dawley and Oakengates.{{Cite web |title=Lawley – Bus Times |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/lawley |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=bustimes.org}} The village was also formerly served by the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway with a railway station on Station Road in nearby village of Lawley Bank.{{Cite book |last=Clarke |first=Neil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlFpCAAAQBAJ&dq=lawley+bank+shropshire+railway&pg=PT105 |title=Railways of East Shropshire Through Time |date=15 April 2015 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-4031-0}} This is now occupied by housing estates.{{Cite web |last=Farnworth |first=Roger |date=2022-07-07 |title=Lawley |url=https://rogerfarnworth.com/tag/lawley/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Roger Farnworth |language=en-GB}}{{Better source needed|reason=WP:BLOG|date=January 2025}}