St George's and Priorslee is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the borough of

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called the Wrekin, named after The Wrekin, a prominent hill to the ...

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

, England. The parish had a population of 11,033 at the 2011 census, and has an area of .

Geography

The parish lies northeast of the

Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...

and east of the town of

Oakengates Oakengates is a historic market town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The town's parish population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census. Etymology The name is not derived from "oak" or "gates" b ...

. The A5 runs through the area, and junction 4 of the

M54 motorway The M54 is a east-west motorway in the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire, England. It is also referred to as the Telford motorway, after the road's primary westbound destination, the town of Telford. It cost £65 million to construc ...

is just to the south. The Priorslee area is also the site of major housing developments concentrating some of the more expensive housing in the town of Telford

Education

The Priorslee area of Telford contains the Priorslee Campus of the

University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a public university in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England, located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Originally founded in 1827 as the Wolverham ...

. At the centre of the Priorslee Campus is the grade II listed eighteenth century Priorslee Hall. There is also a

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and a

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( Holy Trinity Academy).

Parish council

The parish council covers the settlements within the area and is the lowest tier of local government.

List of settlements

The parish covers the following settlements: *

Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...

Priorslee Priorslee is a large village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the St George's and Priorslee civil parish alongside Central Park, Redhill, Snedshill and St George's. History The village occupies an ...

* Redhill *

Snedshill Snedshill is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the St George's and Priorslee civil parish alongside Central Park, Priorslee, Redhill and St George's. History The village was originally ...

* St George's

References

Telford and Wrekin Civil parishes in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

Geography

Education

Parish council

List of settlements

See also

References