Telford (England)

Telford is a large new town in England, in the administrative area of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire. The place is named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer. With more than 140,000 inhabitants it is the largest place of Shropshire.

Telford was built in the 1960s and 70 on the location of disused coal mines. The original name in the design phase was Dawley New Town. The surface of the plan amounted to 41 km2.

Telford includes the northern part of the Ironbridge Gorge, a world heritage site. On about 7 kilometres west of the town is the mountain The Wrekin.