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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Hadley is a village in the civil parish of Hadley and Leegomery in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It neighbours the village of Leegomery.
Hadley is about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Telford. The population of the civil parish mentioned at the 2011 census was 14,166. [1]
It neighbours Wellington. Wellington's two colleges of Telford College of Arts and Technology (TCAT) and New College (NC), are to the west of Hadley. Ketley is to the south of the village. [2]
Hadley Learning Community, opened in 2006, is a coeducational all-through school for students from 5 – 16 years of age located in Hadley. [3]
Hadley's parish war memorial, to men of Hadley and district who died serving in the two World Wars, is an imitation of the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall. It stands in Manse Road near the Methodist Church. [4]