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Ketley
Ketley shown within Shropshire |
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| OS grid reference | SJ676109 |
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| Unitary authority | Telford and Wrekin |
| Ceremonial county | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Shropshire | |
Ketley is a suburb of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is a civil parish. East Ketley is currently being re-developed as part of the Telford Millennium Community, part of the Millennium Communities Programme. It will consist of around 750 new homes and some live/work units, a new primary school, some small offices and retail and leisure services.
The site is currently home to a terrace of Victorian houses amid old mineshafts, colliery spoil, a golf course (which was later used as a driving range) and playing fields. Most of the site has been left fallow for many years and some areas have become locally important habitats for wildlife. Ketley was formerly the home of Ketley Iron works. William Reynolds (the ironmaster of said works in the late 18th century) undertook the construction of three tub boat canals: the Wombridge Canal, the Ketley Canal and the Shropshire Canal with the first successful inclined planes in Great Britain.
Ketley Bank is located to the SE of Ketley, between Oakengates and the M54 motorway. It is part of Oakengates civil parish. There is a football club, Ketley Bank United, who play in the Shropshire County Premier Football League.