Shropshire
Shropshire is England'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.Popular Destinations
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire in England. Photo: Gnesener1900, CC BY-SA 3.0.Telford
Telford is a new town in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Photo: ChrisJB, CC BY 2.5.Oswestry
Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. Photo: Edward Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.Ludlow
Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England, 28 miles south of Shrewsbury and 23 miles north of Hereford via the main A49 road, which bypasses the town. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.Destinations
Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock is a town and parish in Shropshire, England, situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth is a historic market market town on the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Photo: JCNazza, CC BY 3.0.Newport
Newport is a small market town in Shropshire, with a history dating back to the 12th century. Photo: Novacool88, CC BY-SA 3.0.Wem
Wem is a small market town in Shropshire, England, 9 miles north of Shrewsbury on the rail line between that town and Crewe in Cheshire. Photo: Thxapproved, CC BY-SA 4.0.Church Stretton
Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, 13 miles south of Shrewsbury and 15 miles north of Ludlow. Photo: Thomas Tolkien, CC BY 2.0.Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in north Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.Ellesmere
Ellesmere is a town in Shropshire, England. Located near the towns of Oswestry, Whitchurch and Wrexham. Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.Clun
Clun is a small town in southwestern Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY 2.5.Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle is a market town in the southwest of Shropshire, England. Photo: Flying Stag, CC BY-SA 2.0.Ironbridge
Ironbridge is a large village on the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, near Telford, Shropshire, England. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Cleobury Mortimer
Cleobury Mortimer is a small market town and civil parish in southeastern Shropshire, England, which had a population of 3,036 at the 2011 census. it is one of the smallest towns in Shropshire. Photo: P L Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.Shifnal
Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about 3 miles east of Telford. Photo: Shropman, CC BY-SA 2.5.Shropshire
- Type: Region
- Description: ceremonial county in the United Kingdom
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- Neighbors: Cheshire, Clwyd, Herefordshire, Powys, Staffordshire and Worcestershire
Latitude of center 52.6433° or 52° 38' 36" north | Longitude of center -2.7137° or 2° 42' 49.2" west |
Population 490,000 | Elevation 338 feet (103 metres) |
GeoNames ID 11609013 |
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Shropshire
- Arabic: Shropshire
- Arabic: شروبشاير
- Armenian: Շրոպշիր
- Armenian: Շրոփշիր
- Asturian: Shropshire
- Basque: Shropshire
- Belarusian: Шропшыр, графства
- Belarusian: Шропшыр
- Belarusian: графства 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
- English: Ceremonial County Shropshire
- English: Salop
- Esperanto: Shropshire
- Estonian: Shropshire
- Finnish: Shropshire
- French: Shropshire
- Galician: Salop
- Galician: Shropshire
- German: Shropshire
- Greek: Σρόπσιρ
- Gujarati: શ્રોપશાયર
- Hebrew: שרופשייר
- Hindi: श्रॉपशायर
- Hungarian: Shropshire
- Icelandic: Shropshire
- Indonesian: Shropshire
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Shropshire
- Irish: Shropshire
- Italian: Shropshire
- Japanese: シュロップシャー
- Kannada: ಶ್ರೊಪ್ಶೈರ್
- Korean: 슈롭셔주
- Latin: Salopiensis comitatus
- Latvian: Šropšīra
- Lithuanian: Šropšyras
- Luxembourgish: Shropshire
- Macedonian: Шропшир
- Manx: Shropshire
- Marathi: श्रॉपशायर
- Min Nan Chinese: Shropshire
- Norwegian: Shropshire
- Norwegian Bokmål: Shropshire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Shropshire
- Occitan (post 1500): Shropshire
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Scrobbesbyrigscīr
- Persian: شروپشایر
- Persian: شروپشر
- Polish: Shropshire
- Portuguese: Shropshire
- Romanian: Shropshire
- Russian: Шропшир
- Scots: Shropshire
- Scottish Gaelic: Shropshire
- Serbian: Шропшир
- Serbo-Croatian: Shropshire
- Slovak: Shropshire
- Spanish: Shropshire
- Swedish: Shropshire
- Tajik: Шропшир
- Tamil: ஷ்ரோபஷிர்
- Tatar: Шропшир
- Telugu: ష్రాప్షైర్
- Turkish: Shropshire
- Turkish: Shropshire Törensel Kontluğu
- Ukrainian: Шропшир
- Urdu: شروپشائر
- Vietnamese: Shropshire
- Volapük: Shropshire
- Waray (Philippines): Shropshire
- 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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