[2] The nearest railway station is at Yorton on the Welsh Marches Line for Shrewsbury/Crewe.

The 2011 census recorded a population of 2,872 for the entire civil parish of Shawbury.

The main weather station for Shropshire is located in the village at the RAF base.

[11] The village is home to RAF Shawbury, a helicopter airfield for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom and home of the tri-services Defence Helicopter Flying School and air traffic control training.

[12] Shawbury is served by the 64 route, operated by Arriva Midlands North, which runs between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton.