Malinslee

Malinslee with snow fall, April 2013

Malinslee is an estate in the town of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. It is near the Town Park and Telford Shopping Centre, and next to the Dawley area.

St Leonard's was designed by Thomas Telford in 1805

History[]

Previously it had a pub, the Shropshire Lad which also had a bowling green, but this was demolished to make way for a new school and new shops.

The estate had a Youth Centre, near the church; this was subject to much vandalism and was demolished in the early 2000s.

Malinslee was formerly served by the Coalport branch line which ran from Hadley station to Coalport East. Malins Lee station opened in 1860 and closed in 1952, and the trackbed and station site have been built over.

Schools[]

The earlier schools were St. Leonard's Primary School and Langley Junior School, which were demolished to make way for a new school called Old Park School. Malinslee Junior School was demolished to make way for housing.

Amenities[]

The estate has a playground, a doctor's surgery, some shops, a fish and chip shop and a hairdresser.

It has a Grade II* listed church called St. Leonard's which was designed by Thomas Telford in 1805.^[1]

Malinslee has its own playing fields called 'The Church Wickets'. In the past these were full of football goal posts and every Sunday usually saw Sunday League games, both adult and junior. In recent years the fields have had the goal posts removed, now they are mainly used for people to walk dogs etc. A BMX course was created at the side of the fields as well as a small playground.

Malinslee used to have a junior and youth football team called Malinslee Colts – run by Ray Askew a Shropshire FA member – in the 1990s. They played at the old Malinslee School and also at the Church Wickets. They renamed as Dawley Youth when they moved elsewhere within Dawley and stopped playing later in that decade.