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

Shire may also refer to:

Places

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

See also

  • Shier, a surname
  • Shyer, a surname