Dawley

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Dawley

Total population

11,399

Coordinates52.66°, -2.47°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dawley is a former mining town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It was originally proposed to be the main centre of the 'Dawley New Town' plan in 1963, however it was decided in 1968 to name the new town as 'Telford', after the engineer and road-builder Thomas Telford. Dawley is one of the older settlements in Shropshire, being mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). It is divided into Dawley Magna and Little Dawley.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Billy Wright

English footballer (1924-1994)

Edith Pargeter

British writer

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Abraham Darby II

English Quaker ironmaster at Coalbrookdale (1711-1763)

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Abraham Darby III

British ironmaster (1750–1791)

Lord Berners

British composer, writer, painter, politician, novelist and autobiographer (1883-1950)

Tony Levin

English jazz drummer (1940–2011)

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

Mary Beard

English classicist (born 1955)

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Isobel Cooper

English Operatic pop soprano singer

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Leroy Watson

British archer

William Penny Brookes

British doctor (1809-1895)

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Jonathan Barnes

British historian and philosopher (born 1942)

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Rosemary Leach

British actress (1935–2017)

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Alan Webb

British footballer (born 1963)

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Billy Price

English footballer (1917-1995)

Charles Allix Lavington Yate

British recipient of the Victoria Cross (1872-1914)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Oakengates
  2.2 mi away · pop. 8,517
• Penkridge
  15.3 mi away
• Wednesfield
  16.7 mi away
• Church Stretton
  16.8 mi away
• Wem
  17.1 mi away
• Cannock
  18.2 mi away
• Darlaston
  19.1 mi away
• Cleobury Mortimer
  19.7 mi away
• Bloxwich
  19.7 mi away
• Cradley Heath
  20.8 mi away
• Bewdley
  20.9 mi away
• Stone
  21.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dawley

Dawley New Town

Dawley (England) · 1966

[Report 1964]

Dawley (England). Urban District Council · 1964

Dawley new town

Dawley (England). Development Corporation · 1965

South Telford, Ironbridge Gorge, Madeley and Dawley

John Powell · 1995

Little Dawley

Hilary Thompson · 1988

Dawley, Wellington, Oakengates

Madin (John H. D.) and Partners. · 1966

The Dawley book

Peter J. Garbett · 1991

The Methodist New Connexion in Dawley and Madeley

Barrie Stuart Trinder · 1967

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Microlinyphia pusilla

Microlinyphia pusilla

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-09-15

Dotted Stem Bolete

Neoboletus erythropus

Seen 2026-09-15

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-14

silver birch

Betula pendula

Seen 2026-09-14

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Seen 2026-09-13

European Toad

Bufo bufo

Seen 2026-09-13

Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Aelia acuminata

Seen 2026-09-13

giant puffball

Calvatia gigantea

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers