Shifnal is a market community and civil parish in Shropshire, England, concerning 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of Telford. It has a train station on the Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Line and also is near the M54 motorway. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,391, raising 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 growth of Shifnal, were exposed by Shropshire County Council. The propositions, which caused substantial regional dispute and brought about a public conference, included up to another 1,500 homes, 40 hectares of employment land and also a bypass south of the community by 2036. Big areas of farmland would be required for the advancement.