Shire (disambiguation)

A shire is a type of regional division in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking nations.

Shire may also refer to:

UK

 * Four Shire Stone, where four English counties once met each other
 * Shire Brook, in South Yorkshire, England
 * Shire Country Park, a park south of Birmingham, England
 * The Shires, a collective term for the counties of England ending in shire or rural England in general; see

US

 * Shires of Virginia, local government units in the U.S. state
 * The Shire or New Hampshire, informal designation of the U.S. state

Other

 * Shire, Ethiopia, a town and a district in Tigray region
 * Shire, Mawal, a village in Mawal taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, India
 * Shire Highlands, a plateau in southern Malawi east of the Shire River
 * Shire River, a river in Malawi and Mozambique
 * Apostolic Vicariate of Shire, a Roman Catholic territorial jurisdiction in what was then Nyasaland Protectorate (now Malawi)
 * The Shire or Sutherland Shire, a suburban region of southern Sydney, Australia

Buildings

 * Shire Hall, Monmouth, Wales, a building
 * Shire Hall, Newport, Wales, a building

Enterprises

 * Shire Books, a British publisher of books on history, heritage and antiques
 * Shire Foods, a manufacturer of pies, pasties, and sausage rolls based in Warwickshire, England
 * Shire (pharmaceutical company), a British speciality pharmaceuticals company

Literature

 * The Shire, a region in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
 * The Shires, a 1974 poetry collection by Donald Davie

Music

 * The Shires (duo), a British country music duo
 * The Shire (soundtrack), part of the soundtrack of The Fellowship of the Ring

Names

 * Shire (name), a traditional Somali name, including a list of people with the name
 * Shires (surname), including a list of people with the name

Shopping centres

 * The Shires, former name of the English shopping centre now known as Highcross Leicester
 * The Shires Shopping Centre, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

Other uses

 * Battle of Shire (1936), a battle of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
 * Battle of Shire (2022), a battle of the Tigray War
 * East Stirlingshire F.C. or the Shire, a Scottish football club
 * Shire horse, a large breed of draft horse
 * The Shire (TV series), an Australian reality television series