| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Shawbury parish church from the village centre.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Shawbury parish church from the village |
| Coordinates: | 52.786°N -2.655°W |
| Official Name: | Shawbury |
| Label Position: | left |
| Population: | 2,872 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Civil Parish: | Shawbury |
| Unitary England: | Shropshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Shropshire |
| Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode District: | SY4 |
| Postcode Area: | SY |
| Dial Code: | 01939 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ550210 |
| London Distance: | 163miles |
Shawbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.[1] The village is 8miles northeast of Shrewsbury and 12miles northwest of Telford.
The village straddles the A53 between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton.[2] The nearest railway station is at Yorton on the Welsh Marches Line for Shrewsbury/Crewe. The 2011 census recorded a population of 2,872 for the entire civil parish of Shawbury.[3]
Shawbury has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085.[4] In the great book Shawbury is recorded by the name Sawesberie. The main landholder was Gerard from Earl Roger of Shrewsbury. The survey also mentions that there is a church and a mill.
The River Roden flows through the village. The village of Moreton Corbet, with its castle, is just to the north. The main weather station for Shropshire is located in the village at the RAF base.[5] In December 1981, a temperature of -25.2 °C was recorded, one of the coldest on record for England.[6]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward covers much of the surrounding area with a total ward population as taken at the 2011 Census of 4,666.[7]
There has been a church on this site since at least the 12th century, although the present church is not from that date.Many air force personnel from RAF Shawbury, an air station founded in 1917, are buried in the churchyard, which contains 32 Commonwealth War Graves, 3 from World War I and 29 from World War II, besides 7 Polish Air Force personnel from the latter war.[8]
The village is home to RAF Shawbury, a helicopter airfield for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom and home of the tri-services Defence Helicopter Flying School and air traffic control training.[9]
Shawbury is served by the 64 route, operated by Arriva Midlands North, which runs between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton.
Shawbury's football club is Shawbury United F.C.