Shire (disambiguation)

A shire is an administrative district in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Shire may also refer to one of these geographical features:
*Shire River, a river draining Lake Malawi, and a major tributary of the Zambezi, in Malawi and Mozambique
*Shire Highlands, a plateau in southern Malawi lying east of the Shire River
*Shire, Ethiopia, a town in Ethiopia also known as Inda Selassie
*The Shire, an informal name to Shropshire, a county in the United Kingdom
*Shire (Middle-earth), a region in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
*Sutherland Shire, in Sydney, Australia

Shire or Shires may also refer to:
*Shire Publications, a publisher of books on history, heritage and antiques based in the United Kingdom
*Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, Somali Minister of Defense and leader of the Juba Valley Alliance
*East Stirlingshire F.C., Scottish football club nicknamed "The Shire"
*Mohamoud Ali Shire (1897–1960), Sultan of Warsengeli (Somalia)
*Shire horse, a large breed of draft horse
*Shire plc, a British specialty pharmaceuticals company
*Talia Shire, an American actress
*Tom Shires, American trauma surgeon
*The Shires, the former name of the shopping centre now known as Highcross Leciester
*The Shires Shopping Centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire