Shropshire

Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. The ceremonial county borders Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh ceremonial counties of Powys and Clwyd.

Places of Interest

• Attingham Park, (Atcham)
• Blists Hill, (preserved 19th century industrial/victorian age community)
• Boscobel House, (on border with Staffordshire)
• Brown Clee Hill, (highest peak in Shropshire)
• Burford House
• Caer Caradoc, (near Church Stretton)
• Cardingmill Valley, (Church Stretton)
• Haughmond Hill, (forest park on the edge of Shrewsbury with the medieval Haughmond Abbey ruins)
• Hawkstone Park, (large rural park and follies in north Shropshire)
• Hopton Castle, (scene of a Civil War massacre)
• The Ironbridge, (the world's first iron bridge)
• Langley Chapel
• The Long Mynd, (means "long mountain", overlooks Church Stretton)
• Ludlow Castle
• Mitchells Fold, (a bronze age stone circle)
• Moreton Corbet Castle
• Offa's Dyke Path, a long distance footpath
• Shropshire Hills AONB
• Shropshire Union Canal
• Snailbeach, (a historic lead mining village)
• The Stiperstones, (mountainous ridge near Pontesbury, including the "Devil's Chair")
• Stokesay Castle
• Titterstone Clee Hill, (hill near Ludlow, ex-coalmining and famed for the unusual accent of the locals)
• Wenlock Edge, (a long wooded ridge and the geological capital of the UK)
• Whittington Castle
• Wroxeter, (a ruined Roman city and legionary fortress)