1
Old Milepost by the B5061, Holyhead Road, Wellington
Cast iron post by the B5061 (former A5), in parish of Wellington (Telford and Wrekin District), Holyhead Road, Wellington, junction with Pooler Close, South of old hospital on pavement, on North side of road. Erected by the Watling Street, Wellington District turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: SHIFNAL / 7 : : LONDON / 140 : : SALOP / 10M 6FUR :
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1033320 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1033320
Milestone Society National ID: SA_SFSB07
Image: © Gail Fawcett
Taken: 21 Oct 2023
0.02 miles
2
Old Milepost by the B5061, Holyhead Road, Wellington
Cast iron post by the B5061 (former A5), in parish of Wellington (Telford and Wrekin District), Holyhead Road, Wellington, junction with Pooler Close, South of old hospital on pavement, on North side of road. Erected by the Watling Street, Wellington District turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: SHIFNAL / 7 : : LONDON / 140 : : SALOP / 10M 6FUR :
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1033320 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1033320
Milestone Society National ID: SA_SFSB07
Image: © A Reade/M Faherty
Taken: 10 Feb 2008
0.02 miles
3
OS benchmark - Wellington, Holyhead Road
An OS cutmark on a roadside wall, north side of Holyhead Road; originally levelled at 117.577m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 5 Jul 2014
0.02 miles
4
The Wellington milepost - detail
Detail of the milepost seen in
Image beside the old A5 coach road from London to Holyhead.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 31 Oct 2010
0.02 miles
5
The Wellington milepost in its setting
A view along the 'old' A5, Watling Street, looking eastwards, with
Image outside the former hospital.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 31 Oct 2010
0.02 miles
6
The Wrekin Professional Centre
Originally built in the mid 1870s as the Wellington Union Workhouse, replacing a site closer to the centre of Wellington
Image The site became a Public Assistance Institution in the 1930s, and in the late 1940s, the Wrekin Hospital. After a period as a nursing home, it now houses a number of medical and care businesses.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 1 May 2020
0.06 miles
7
The Red Lion Inn, Holyhead Road, Wellington
A free house on the old A5 through Wellington.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 31 Oct 2010
0.10 miles
8
Holyhead Road, Wellington
Looking east on the B5061.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 18 May 2019
0.10 miles
9
Old Milepost
Milepost on what would have been the A5 near to Wellington, for overall view see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4950866
Image: © Keith Evans
Taken: 23 Apr 2016
0.10 miles
10
The Wickets Inn, Wellington
Attractive Inn Sign for this popular pub.
Image
Image: © Gordon Cragg
Taken: 4 Nov 2008
0.10 miles