Throughout the second millennium, Shawbirch was mostly covered by woodland, which later was repurposed for farmland within the township of Eyton upon the Weald Moors.

[1] The development of Shawbirch as it is known today was created on predominantly agricultural land during the 1980s as part of the evolution of Telford new town.

The Maxell/Elements Europe factory in Apley is to be demolished to meet new housing demands, with 375 homes to be built to incorporate into the community of Shawbirch.

[4] Furthermore, in 2019, strong local opposition forced the backdown of the building of a 40m high toilet paper factory on 80,000 square metres of land, that was meant to be part of a larger planned industrial estate, in Shawbirch.

Shawbirch Medical Centre also used to co-occupy this space but has now moved to a purpose-built venue in Admaston.

[9] Behind the Shawbirch Community Centre there are the Rough Pits - a wood with two man-made lakes.

[10][11] Also located in the Shawbirch borough are the Beanhill Woods and the Dothill Nature Reserve.

[12] The Shawbirch ward falls under The Wrekin constituency which currently has a Conservative seat in Parliament, held since 2005 by Mark Pritchard.

[11] The member of Telford and Wrekin Council for Shawbirch is Liberal Democrat Cllr Bill Tomlinson.

[20] 100% of people in Shawbirch speak English, higher than the Telford and Wrekin borough average of 99.8%.