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Principal towns: Shrewsbury Oswestry Telford Ludlow
If you want to visit the county in England with the largest number of castles and manor houses and boasting an Industrial Heritage that helped contribute to the Industrial Revolution then Shropshire is the County for you. On the other hand if you are looking for country pubs, long walks, some stunning scenery and picturesque villages, a wide range of outdoor activities then maybe you should also be looking to visit Shropshire, a county wedged between the Welsh Marches and Birmingham that has been attracting visitors since before Norman Times – not all of them welcome at the start!
The castles and fortified manor houses were built to keep out the Welsh – today the Welsh, together with visitors from all over the world, are welcome to enjoy the towns, villages and scenery in this historical County. From Wenlock Edge , one of the most famous geological sites in the world, to the County town of Shrewsbury with the River Severn meandering through the town, ideal for an afternoon stroll before venturing into the town with its range of quaint black and white Tudor buildings, in fact there are around 600 Listed buildings in this vibrant market town together with its Castle and Shrewsbury Abbey – home to the fictional Brother Cadfael . Truly a town to enjoy at your leisure, a vast choice of cafes, bars and restaurants and an excellent night life this is a town that holds great appeal.
No matter where you visit in Shropshire it is always a delight, Ludlow , Craven Arms, Church Stretton and Minsterley all place names that evoke thoughts of towns and villages with thatched cottages and a pace of life that is to be enjoyed and appreciated. Ludlow is found overlooking the River Teme in South Shropshire, a market town brimming with some enchanting architecture and the beautiful countryside of the Welsh Marches the town has an enviable reputation for good food and drink.
There is Bridgnorth to visit, an unusual town that is really two towns, High Town and Low Town, High Town was the location for its castle, today the remains leaning somewhat precariously whilst Low Town once an important port is now a haven for anglers and walkers – joining Low Town to High Town there are the steps or the old Cartway – for those who prefer to travel in style then why not use the funicular which is not as unusual form of transport as you may think. If you want to explore Shropshire at a leisurely pace then why not take a trip from here on the Severn Valley Railway .
Maybe you would like to experience Victorian life in which case a trip to Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale should be very high on your list of places to visit. The Blists Hill Open Air museum opened in 1973 lying adjacent to the River Severn the site contained the remains of heavy industrial activity, an old blast furnace and a brick and tile works, soon they started to acquire other Victorian buildings recreating them in great detail on the site here and the idea of recreating a Victorian town evolved from a concept into reality. Today there are shops and stores on site, working examples of Victorian industry and it is a great place to visit, especially with the children.
Ironbridge is home to Thomas Telford ’s original ironbridge, built in 1779, from where the town takes its name, still spanning the River Severn the bridge is testament to the contribution that the whole of this area made to the Industrial Revolution – although today as you stroll along the river bank deciding which restaurant, bar or cafe to visit there is little evidence of the contribution that this part of Shropshire made unless you visit one of its museums.
No matter where you visit in Shropshire it is a delight, it could be an early morning autumnal stroll along Long Mynd, the frost crackling beneath every footstep, as you make your way up to the summit. It could be a springtime visit to Hawksmoor Park to delight in the Victorian follies that abound or a trip up The Monument, a 100’ tall tower from the top of which you can see, on a clear day, some 13 counties. No matter what the season Shropshire is a county that can be enjoyed by everyone, cyclists , horse riders , walkers, hikers, canoeists, name any activity and there is sure to be somewhere in Shropshire that will cater for your needs. Alternatively you could be like me and find a nice local pub, Shropshire has plenty, enjoy a meal, chat to the locals and contemplate the Universe. Easy to access by road or rail the many towns and villages of Shropshire hold a myriad of delights for anyone who visits
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Recommended Hotels See Map
- Longmynd Hotel Church Stretton *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - BEST WESTERN Valley Hotel Ironbridge *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Madeley Court Ironbridge *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Feathers Hotel Ludlow *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Rosehill Manor Hotel Market Drayton *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Gaskell Arms Hotel & Restaurant Much Wenlock *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Pen-y-Dyffryn Country Hotel Oswestry *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Albright Hussey Manor Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Drapers Hall Boutique Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Lion and Pheasant Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Rowton Castle Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Mytton & Mermaid Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Buckatree Hall Hotel Telford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Hundred House Hotel Telford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Park House Hotel Telford *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Hanmer Hotel Whitchurch *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Mill Hotel Alveley *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Old Vicarage Hotel Bridgnorth *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Crown Inn Cleobury Mortimer *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Fishmore Hall Ludlow *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Overton Grange Hotel Ludlow *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Tudor House Hotel Market Drayton *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Raven Hotel Much Wenlock *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Lion Quays Hotel Oswestry *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Wynnstay Hotel Oswestry *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Odfellows Wine Bar Shifnal *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Hampton By Hilton Shrewsbury Shrewsbury *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Hampton By Hilton Shrewsbury Shrewsbury *book online*
Licensed, Restaurant - The Wroxeter Hotel Shrewsbury *book online*
Licensed, Restaurant - Wroxeter Hotel Shrewsbury *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Grove House Hotel Telford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Hadley Park House Telford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Haughton Hall Telford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - International Hotel Telford Telford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Telford White House Hotel Telford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Meadow Inn Telford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Old Rectory Hotel Wem *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Hill Valley Golf Club Hotel Whitchurch *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Cat at the Park Whitchurch *book online*
Licensed, Restaurant - The Wroxeter Hotel Wroxeter *book online*
Licensed, Restaurant
More Shropshire Hotels
Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Wayside Guest House Albrighton *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Dovecote Grange Guest House Bratton *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Oldfield Cottage Bridgnorth *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - The Croft Bridgnorth *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - The Old Rectory Broseley *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Mynd House Church Stretton *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Foundry Masters House Ironbridge *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Springhill B & B Ironbridge *featured*
TV in rooms - The Calcutts House Ironbridge *featured*
TV in rooms - Angel House Ludlow *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Henwick House Ludlow *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Hermitage Market Drayton *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Moreton Hall Farm B&B Newport *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Fitzwarine House Oswestry *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Anvil Lodge Shifnal *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Abbey Lodge Guest House Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Abbots Mead Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Anton Guest House Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Aston Lodge Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Grove Farm House Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Sandford House Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Shrewsbury Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Historic, Parking - Sydney House Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
TV in rooms - Church Farm Guest House Telford *featured*
TV in rooms - Dovecote Grange Guest House Telford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Hartfield Guest House Telford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Mill House Telford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Old Rectory of St James Telford *featured*
TV in rooms - The Stanage Telford *featured*
TV in rooms - Wharfage Cottage Bed and Breakfast Telford *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Clairmont Guest House Wellington *featured*
TV in rooms
Pubs & Inns
- Bear Inn Bridgnorth *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bulls Head Inn Bridgnorth *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Garden, Parking, Credit Cards - Falcon Hotel Bridgnorth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Halfway House Inn Bridgnorth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Bandon Arms Bridgnorth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Black Boy Bridgnorth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Punchbowl Inn Bridgnorth *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Crown Inn Clun *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Crown Country Inn Craven Arms *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Crown Inn Craven Arms *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Red Lion Coaching Inn Ellesmere *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Falcon Inn Hinstock *featured*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Malthouse Restaurant and Rooms Ironbridge *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Meadow Inn Ironbridge *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Grove Inn & Fat Frog Ironbridge *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Swan Ironbridge *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Baron at Bucknell Ludlow *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Bear at Hodnet Market Drayton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Four Alls Market Drayton *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Plume of Feathers Much Wenlock *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Fox Inn Much Wenlock *featured*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Swan at Forton Newport *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bradford Arms Hotel Oswestry *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cross Keys Hotel Oswestry *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cross Keys Inn Oswestry *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Naughty Nell's Shifnal *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Old Bell Inn Shifnal *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Burlton Inn Shrewsbury *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Cromwells Hotel Shrewsbury *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lion Hotel Shrewsbury *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Coalbrookdale Inn Telford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Newport Arms Hotel Telford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Oaks Hotel Telford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Swan Hotel Telford *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Lord Nelson Hotel Wellington *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Tayleur Arms Wellington *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Old Orleton Inn Wellington *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Salwey Arms Hotel Woofferton *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Mayfield All Stretton *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Broadway Lodge Bishops Castle *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - National Trust Cottages Bridgnorth *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Upton Cressett Hall Bridgnorth *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Bothy Clun *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Calf Kit Corfton *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Woodland Park Lodges Ellesmere *featured*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Upper Onibury Cottages Ludlow *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Featherdown Farm Market Drayton *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Wharf Cottage Newport *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Old Coach House Shrewsbury *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Piglets Place at Plealey Country Cottages Shrewsbury *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Olde Granary Shrewsbury *book online*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Tom Doby's Barn and Flemings. Shrewsbury *featured*
Pub Nearby, Garden, Short Breaks, Pets Allowed, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Stone Lodge Whitchurch *book online*
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