Hadley, Shropshire

Hadley is a part of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies approximately 5 miles north-west of Telford Town Centre, and is registered under the parish of Hadley and Leegomery. Close-by is the main market centre of Wellington and all of Wellington's abundant amenities, including the two town's colleges of Telford College Of Arts And Technology (TCAT) and New College (NC), although Hadley has a shopping centre too, which is served by a weekly Wednesday market, where anything from books, to fresh fish, vegetables, fruit and prams can be obtained. It is served by the 55 bus service between the Princess Royal Hospital, Wellington and Telford Town Centre (taking around an hour), via Donnington and Oakengates, which stops every 15 minutes at Hadley bus station. There is also the 25 bus route, which serves Wellington, Hadley, Overdale and Telford Town Centre, which only takes 25 minutes to get to the centre, yet it is infrequent. The 892 Roden (short for Rodington, an outlying village of Shrewsbury) to Telford Town Centre bus also stops in Hadley around three times a week.

Over the recent years, Hadley, which was originally a small village before the creation of 'Telford' as a whole in the 1960's, has seen an influx of residents from outside of Shropshire, and indeed, the UK. There are a large eclectic mix of English (coming from around 15 families who have resided in the area for centuries), Polish, Asian, West Indies and African residents. There are no residents of Oriental origin.

To be brief, in Hadley there is:

*An 'Asian' clothing store
*A Church of England church
*An electrics shop
*An estate agents, co-owned by Thaira's Fish Bar, ironically
*A laundrette
*A Methodist church
*A motorbike centre
*A Newsagents in both Hadley Centre and on Haybridge Road
*A Polish grocers
*A Post Office
*A Sikh temple
*A Veterinary Surgery
*A West Indies hairdressers
*A West Indies grocers
*Bengal Express, a Bengali restaurant and takeaway
*Cross Keys, a pub and cheap restaurant just outside Hadley Centre
*Fine Foods, a Chinese takeaway
*First Point at Hadley, a small library and information centre
*Hairline, a hair and beauty salon
*Hadley Cafe, serving snacks and coffees
*Hadley MeatMarket (formerly I Want Meat), selling discount meat and groceries.
*Hadley Fruit&Veg, selling fresh fruit and vegetables
*Hadley Learning Centre, a library, restaurant, activity centre, leisure centre and large 'city academy', incorporating both primary and secondary education
*Hadley Supermarket, selling groceries
*Jule's Convenience Store, a large grocery store on Haybridge Road
*Jimmy Wok, a Chinese/English takeaway
*Lidl, a discount store closer to the nearby area of Trench
*Manor Heights, a notorious, and now empty tower-block building in Hadley Centre. It was once Telford's drug and crime centre, but was emptied, and after standing silent for many years and falling into disrepair, is now to be turned into a luxury apartment block.
*Mr Chips, an English fish and chip takeaway
*Rowland's Chemist, where you pick up your prescriptions
*Telford and Wrekin Council, for all your benefit needs and scams
*Texaco, a petrol station and 24-hour convenience point
*Thaira's Fish Bar, a fish and chip takeaway which also sells pies and pasties
*The Price Is Right, a second-hand shop
*The Kings Head, a pub in Hadley centre