Shifnal is a market community as well as civil parish in Shropshire, England, concerning 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of Telford. It has a railway station on the Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Line and is near the M54 freeway. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,391, increasing to 6,776 at the 2011 census. With a multitude of on-going housing developments this is expected to pass 10,000 by 2020. In late 2018 prepare for a second, much bigger development of Shifnal, were revealed by Shropshire County Council. The proposals, which caused significant local dispute as well as brought about a public meeting, included up to one more 1,500 homes, 40 hectares of work land as well as a bypass south of the town by 2036. Huge areas of farmland would certainly be required for the development.