Dawley

Dawley
Town and civil parish
From the top clockwise: Dawley Town Hall, Holy Trinity Church, Horsehay and Dawley station on the Telford Steam Railway, Dawley and Stirchley Platform on the Silkin Way and High Street
Dawley Location within Shropshire
Population	11,399
OS grid reference	SJ686068
Civil parish	Great Dawley
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Dawley Bank (Part) Little Dawley (Part) Malinslee (Part)
Post town	TELFORD
Postcode district	TF4
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Telford
Website	Official website
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°39′47″N 2°28′01″W / 52.663°N 2.467°W / 52.663; -2.467

Dawley (/dɔːli/ DAW-lee) is a former mining town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It was originally proposed 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 ("Great Dawley") and Little Dawley (also shown as Dawley Parva ("Little Dawley") on older maps).