The village has a railway station on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line,[2] and is near to RAF Cosford and the M54 motorway.

Immediately to the north is the hamlet and parish of Donington, which is separated from Albrighton by Humphreston Brook.

[3] Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Albricston(e) or the home/farm of Albric/Aethelbeorht,[4] it received its charter granting Borough status in 1303, which was renewed in 1662 for rather unusual reasons.

The charter declared that "because Albrighton (then) adjoined Staffordshire on the east, south and west sides, felons and other malefactors fled Staffordshire to escape prosecution because there was no resident justice of the peace in that part of Shropshire" and on account of its remoteness from Shrewsbury, Shropshire's county town.

A small jail and stocks stood somewhere near to the Crown public house, whilst a room above it was used for various village meetings and transactions.

Rev Blakeway in his draft History of Albrighton (c.1810-1814) mentioned that the Market House 'stands in the middle of the [village] and has two arches'.

The church contains an alabaster monument to Sir Craig Wilson, as well as the Albrighton Mace, which was donated to the village in 1663, by Lady Mary Talbot.

The half timbered inns, Georgian facades and lime trees still make the street picturesque.

Some sources say the lime trees were planted in the 19th century by a Dr Orson Bidwell;[12] others say a former Earl of Shrewsbury was responsible.

The diary of John Howell, tenant farmer of Beamish and House Farm, gives the year of planting as 1832.

At the time of the First World War there were swings on it, political meetings were held there, an evangelist lady spent three days a year in a caravan giving out leaflets and talking to people, also a band gave concerts there.

[17] In about 1840, while writing the book The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens wrote about Tong Church whilst staying at the Public House now known as The Harp.

The village has four pubs: Social clubs include: The Red House in Albrighton, run by a trust, has, of 2021, been a venue for community activities for over 50 years.

It was awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for its volunteers' support of the community during the Covid pandemic, by converting the parish minibus into a mobile shop to provide food and other deliveries, and for 6 months had run a Community Support Group.