St George's and Priorslee

Unitary authorityCeremonial countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceWest MerciaFireShropshireAmbulanceWest Midlands 52°41.5′N 2°26′W / 52.6917°N 2.433°W / 52.6917; -2.433

St George's and Priorslee is a civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. St. George's and Priorslee are suburbs of Telford. The parish had a population of 11,033 at the 2011 census, and has an area of 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km²).^[1]

The parish lies northeast of the Telford Town Centre and east of the town of Oakengates.

The A5 runs through the area, and junction 4 of the M54 motorway is just to the south.

The Priorslee area of Telford contains the Priorslee Campus of the University of Wolverhampton.^[2] At the centre of the Priorslee Campus is the grade II listed eighteenth century Priorslee Hall.^[3] The Priorslee area is also the site of major housing developments concentrating some of the more expensive housing in the town of Telford. There is also a primary school and a secondary school (Holy Trinity Academy).

Priorslee is also famous for the Lion public house,^[why?] on the Shifnal Road behind Priorslee Village.

There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.^[4]

The nearest railway stations are Oakengates and Telford Central.

See also

• Listed buildings in St George's and Priorslee

References