Bagley is an area of
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...
,
county town
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of
Shropshire
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. It is part urban, part rural and extends out from the town centre in a northwest direction. Though not clearly defined, it is often regarded as including
Coton Hill, Greenfields and Gravelhill. The
Shropshire Agricultural Showground is located between Coton Hill and Gravelhill.
Bagley is a
Shropshire Council
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electoral division
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, which until 2009 included Coton Hill and the town centre of Shrewsbury. It now covers a smaller area, though includes the northern half of the Mount Pleasant housing estate. The same area covered by the electoral division also forms the town council ward of Bagley.
It is named after the
Bagley Brook which flows through the area and into the
River Severn
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at Chester Street. Parts of the area are prone to flooding. On a small estate in the area named Herongate the positioning of the old river can be seen.
As of 2009 a new housing development ("Ellesmere Grange") is taking place on former railway land off Ellesmere Road. In future further housing development is expected to take place in the Bagley area, on both brownfield and greenfield land.
References
Suburbs of Shrewsbury
Wards of Shropshire
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