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About 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.
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 | Claverley is surrounded by agricultural land, a short distance from delightful Bridgenorth, a picturesque town on the banks of the River Severn... Information | Pictures (3) | Hotels |
 | Clolemere is a countryside heritage site with miles of waymarked walks circling over 70 acres of water, woodland and sweet scented meadows... Information | Pictures (2) | Hotels |
 | 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... Information | Pictures (9) | Hotels |
 | Nestling on the banks of the rivers Corve and Theme Ludlow is a joyous town to visit at any time of year... Information | Pictures (97) | Hotels |
 | Market Drayton is famous as the home of Gingerbread, and as the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India, he was educated at the Grammar School, founded in 1558, and his desk bearing his carved initials is still preserved... Information | Pictures (7) | Hotels |
 | Shrewsbury is a wonderfully atmospheric town which beguiles the visitor with sights of bygone centuries and much a great charm is to be found in its narrow streets and medieval buildings... Information | Pictures (165) | Hotels |
 | The village of Stokesay lies amid the soft rolling fields and wooded valley's of shropshire... Information | Pictures (37) | Hotels |
 | Fortunately, this attractive village was saved from the ravages of traffic by the building of the A41 By-Pass which was built around 1966... Information | Pictures (12) | Hotels |
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 | An elegant 18th century mansion with regancy interiors and deer park, Attingham Park is of the great houses of the..... Information | Pictures (24) | Hotels |
 | This is a beautiful stone-built house of the 16th-century which is set on a rise above the wooded slopes of the meandering River..... Information | Pictures (4) | Hotels |
 | Blists Hill VICTORIAN TOWN is one of the largest Open Air Museums in Britain. A small Victorian town has been created above 30..... Information | Pictures (93) | Hotels |
 | The bleak, heather clad Long Mynd lies to the west Of Church Stretton. It is a long lonely stretch covering some 10 miles in..... Information | Pictures (11) | Hotels |
 | Late in the 12th-century, the wooden fortification built at Clun in the 11th-century was burnt down by the Welsh. The land then..... Information | Pictures (15) | Hotels |
 | Picturesque Hodnet Hall stands on the bank of a small valley, it is a handsome red-brick mansion designed in the 19th-century by..... Information | Pictures (3) | Hotels |
 | The site of Shrewsbury Abbey is an ancient one, quite possibly dating back to Saxon times when a wooden church would have stood..... Information | Pictures (5) | Hotels |
 | This extremely attractive building is not a castle in the traditional sense, but rather a fortified manor house and as such is..... Information | Pictures (44) | Hotels |
 | Wroxeter Roman City lies about 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury, here lies the remains of what was the fourth largest town in..... Information | Pictures (5) | Hotels |
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