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Shropshire is 's largest inland county, covering an area of 1,347 square miles. It is a beautiful pastoral county with a landscape that has inspired visitors for centuries, a number of historic and prosperous market towns, and hundreds of sleepy, traditional villages.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Shrewsbury and Telford.

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is the county town of Shropshire in . It is a very traditional market town, with a lot of mediaeval architecture and feel to the town.

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is a new town in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, . It is administratively located in the West Midlands region, and is now by far the largest town in Shropshire, being the residence for 155,000 people.

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is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. is the largest settlement within the Uplands, a designated natural area and national character area.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ludlow and Much Wenlock.

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is a town of 10,000 people in Shropshire. It is a typical English market town with a castle. The historic centre of has largely escaped development that would otherwise alter its medieval, Tudor and Georgian character.

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is a rustic 700-year-old medieval market town in Shropshire. is filled with a patchwork of twisting streets, black and white half-timbered buildings, limestone cottages, speciality shops, numerous hostelries and watering holes and the remains of a magnificent 12th-century priory.

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is a historic market market town on the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire, . The town is built on two levels, with the upper level dominated by the remains of a medieval castle keep which leans at an angle greater than the leaning tower of .

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is a small market town in Shropshire, with a history dating back to the 12th century. It is home to several educational institutions, and has housed a wide range of notable people throughout the centuries.

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is a market town in Shropshire, particularly known for its gingerbread. It is on the banks of the River Tern and the Shropshire Union Canal. The town has an active arts and culture scene mainly based around the Festival Drayton Centre.

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is a small town in Shropshire. is small, but busy and prosperous, and is popular for those who enjoy hillwalking and admiring the scenery of south Shropshire.

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is a market town in the civil parish of Urban, in Shropshire, England, 9 miles north of and 9 miles south of . The name is derived from the Old English term wamm, meaning "marsh".

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Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893. Bishop's Castle is 1.5 miles east of the Wales–England border, about 20 miles north-west of and about 20 miles south-west of .

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is a small market town in Shropshire, , near the Welsh border. It is notable for its proximity to a number of prominent meres.

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is a market town within , Shropshire. It contains perhaps the largest commercial space outside of 's town centre. It is the part of furthest west, both by motorway and by rail.

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is the smallest town in Shropshire with a population of less than 1000. It is on the bank of River . It is usually quite quiet, except for when the Green Man Festival is held in May and the Carnival is held in August.

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is a riverside village in the borough of , Shropshire, England. Located on the bank of the , at the heart of the Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge.

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is a market town and civil parish in southeastern Shropshire, England, which had a population of 3,036 at the 2011 census. It was granted a market charter by King Henry III in 1226.

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is a small market town in Shropshire. Some writers have claimed that was the inspiration for Market Blandings, a town that appears in several of P.G.

Shropshire

Latitude of center
52.6433° or 52° 38′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
-2.7137° or 2° 42′ 49″ west
Population
490,000
Elevation
338 feet (103 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609013
Wiki­data ID
Q23103
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Shropshire” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Shropshire”
  • Arabic: “شروبشاير”
  • Armenian: “Շրոպշիր”
  • Armenian: “Շրոփշիր”
  • Asturian: “Shropshire”
  • Balinese: “Shropshire”
  • Basque: “Shropshire”
  • Belarusian: “графства Шропшыр”
  • Belarusian: “Шропшыр, графства”
  • Belarusian: “Шропшыр”
  • Bengali: “শ্রপশার”
  • Breton: “Shropshire”
  • Bulgarian: “Шропшър”
  • Catalan: “Shropshire”
  • Cebuano: “Shropshire”
  • Chinese: “Shropshire”
  • Chinese: “什罗普郡”
  • Chinese: “什羅普郡”
  • Chinese: “史樂郡”
  • Cornish: “Shropshire”
  • Czech: “Shropshire”
  • Danish: “Shropshire”
  • Dutch: “Shropshire”
  • Esperanto: “Shropshire”
  • Estonian: “Shropshire”
  • Finnish: “Shropshire”
  • French: “Shropshire”
  • Galician: “Salop”
  • Galician: “Shropshire”
  • German: “Shropshire”
  • Greek: “Σρόπσαϊρ”
  • Gujarati: “શ્રોપશાયર”
  • Hebrew: “שרופשייר”
  • Hindi: “श्रॉपशायर”
  • Hungarian: “Shropshire”
  • Icelandic: “Shropshire”
  • Indonesian: “Shropshire”
  • Interlingua: “Shropshire”
  • Irish: “Shropshire”
  • Italian: “Shropshire”
  • Japanese: “シュロップシャー”
  • Kannada: “ಶ್ರೊಪ್ಶೈರ್”
  • Korean: “슈롭셔주”
  • Kurdish: “Shropshire”
  • Ladin: “Shropshire”
  • Latin: “Salopiensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Šropšīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Šropšyras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Shropshire”
  • Macedonian: “Шропшир”
  • Manx: “Shropshire”
  • Marathi: “श्रॉपशायर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shropshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shropshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shropshire”
  • Norwegian: “Shropshire”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shropshire”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Scrobbesbyrigscīr”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sċrobbesbyriġsċīr”
  • Ossetian: “Шропшир”
  • Persian: “شراپشایر”
  • Persian: “شروپ‌شایر”
  • Polish: “Shropshire”
  • Portuguese: “Shropshire”
  • Quechua: “Shropshire”
  • Romanian: “Shropshire”
  • Russian: “Салоп”
  • Russian: “Шропшир”
  • Scots: “Shropshire”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shropshire”
  • Serbian: “Шропшир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shropshire”
  • Slovak: “Shropshire”
  • Slovenian: “Shropshire”
  • Spanish: “Shropshire”
  • Swedish: “Shropshire”
  • Tajik: “Шропшир”
  • Tamil: “ஷ்ரோபஷிர்”
  • Tatar: “Шропшир”
  • Telugu: “ష్రాప్షైర్”
  • Thai: “ชรอปเชอร์”
  • Turkish: “Shropshire Törensel Kontluğu”
  • Turkish: “Shropshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Салоп”
  • Ukrainian: “Шропшир”
  • Urdu: “شروپشائر”
  • Venetian: “contea de Shrop”
  • Vietnamese: “Shropshire”
  • Volapük: “Shropshire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shropshire”
  • Welsh: “Sir Amwythig”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Amwythig”
  • Western Frisian: “Shropshire”
  • Western Panjabi: “شروپشائر”
  • Wu Chinese: “什罗普郡”
  • Yiddish: “שראפשיר”
  • Yue Chinese: “史樂郡”

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