Pictures of Shropshire

About the county of Shropshire

Shropshire is a county situated in the West Midland parts of England and borders Wales. The county town of Shrewsbury, birthplace of Charles Darwin, is a stunning historic town with well over 600 listed buildings to admire and explore. Some of the local attractions include Shrewsbury Abbey, this ancient and yet magnificent Abbey is ranked second only to Canterbury as a favourite destination for pilgrims, Shrewsbury Castle, with its fascinating Regimental Museum and delightful gardens and Rowley's House Museum, which is housed within a timber-framed warehouse and has an adjoining 17th century brick mansion. Other main towns within the county are Ludlow, Oswestry and Telford all of which hold their own individual historical treasures well known to Shropshire.

Recommended Towns & Villages to visit in Shropshire

Acton Burnell (16 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire

Interestingly, Acton Burnell has connections with America that go back to the stirring days of the Declaration of Independence in 1776...

Church Stretton (52 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Shropshire

Church Stretton is an historic market town in the South Shropshire hills, and the only town in the Shropshire hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - one of Britain's fiinest.....

Hodnet (9 Pictures)

in the county of Shropshire

Shropshire is a beautiful old county with a wealth of ancient and historic villages, some, like Hodnet, retain wonderful 'gems' from an old and illustrious past...

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Dudmaston Hall (28 Pictures)

Late 17th-century mansion with art collection, lakeside garden and estate...

Ludlow Castle (44 Pictures)

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Stokesay Castle (80 Pictures)

This extremely attractive building is not a castle in the traditional sense, but rather a fortified manor house and as such is.....

Whittington Castle (2 Pictures)

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Ironbridge - a historical heritage
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