Wem

Wem is a small market town in Shropshire, England. It is the administrative centre of North Shropshire district and has a railway station - Wem railway station.

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Only a few miles south of the town is the county town of Shropshire, Shrewsbury.

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Within the town the Sweet Pea was first born, under the name the Eckford Sweet Pea, after its inventor, nursery-man Henry Eckford. He first introduced a variety of the sweet pea in 1882, and set up in Wem in 1888, developing and producing many varieties. There is a road to signify the Eckford name, called Eckford Park (within Wem).

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Each year, the Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem hold a Sweet Pea Show.

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In Victorian times, it was known as "Wem, where the sweet peas grow"

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Wem is twinned with the town Fismes (pronounced Fee-ms), in France, which also has its own road in Wem, called Fismes Way.

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In 2005, the town's swimming pool was briefly closed in an attempt by the District Council to save money.

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The River Roden flows to the south of the town.

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Market town: In medieval law, a market town is a town that has the right to hold markets. Market towns are opposed to villages, which are typically smaller and do not have this right, and to cities, which are typically larger and often have additional rights....

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....

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....