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