Underdale is a district of the town of

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...

, county town of

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. It is situated between the suburbs of

Monkmoor Monkmoor is a suburb located in the north-east of the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is connected to the suburbs of Underdale and Abbey Foregate. The ward's population in 2015 was 4,451. Much of Monkmoor is residential; there is appro ...

and Castlefields, and stretches from

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to the Telford Way, which is situated towards the north of the town. Underdale Road runs parallel to Monkmoor Road and is roughly the same length. The suburb is an

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. It is currently a

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held ward. The population of the ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 4,495. The

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flows around the western edge of the area.

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Suburbs of Shrewsbury {{Shropshire-geo-stub