Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about 4 miles east of Telford, 17 miles east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles west-northwest of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway and A5 road aka Watling Street. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,391, increasing to 6,776 at the 2011 census.