| Official Name: | Dorrington |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Static Image Name: | Dorrington - geograph.org.uk - 36118.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Dorrington |
| Population: | 619 |
| Population Ref: | in 2008 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ476031 |
| Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode Area: | SY |
| Postcode District: | SY5 |
| Dial Code: | 01743 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Shrewsbury |
| Civil Parish: | Condover |
| Unitary England: | Shropshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
| Coordinates: | 52.623°N -2.773°W |
Dorrington is a large village in Shropshire, England, it is located south of Shrewsbury. The population of the village was estimated as being 619 in 2008.[1]
The Cound Brook flows to the east of the village, and to the southwest is Netley Hall. The A49 road runs through the village, which has a number of businesses located both in a small business park and along the main road. The public house, The Horseshoes, is a Grade II listed building.[2] [3] The village also has a Persian restaurant, a convenience store, a butcher's shop, a post office and numerous other small businesses. There is also a primary school and a village hall. The village Church of England church is dedicated to Saint Edward.[4]
To the east is Ryton. Both Ryton and Dorrington lie in the civil parish of Condover. Dorrington forms a ward of the parish and sends four councillors to the parish council.
The village did once have a railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, opened in 1852. The station closed in 1958,[5] although the modern Welsh Marches Line still runs through the village. On the site of the station's goods yard, which is located just to the east of the village, is now an oil depot and a plant hire depot.
Minsterley Motors route 435 (Shrewsbury-Ludlow and vice versa) runs through Dorrington, on its way between Condover (to the northeast) and the Strettons (to the south). The service runs Monday-Saturday.[6]