Shropshire

Shropshires lokalisering

Shropshire er et engelsk provins (county) i Midtengland. Det er et af Englands mest landlige områder.

Den officielle provinshovedby er Shrewsbury, men Ludlow anses traditionelt for at være hovedbyen, da Ludlows borg tidligere var en kongelig residens.

Provinsen har endvidere Ironbridge, den første jernbro der nogensinde er bygget.

Inden for de sportslige område er Shropshire kendt for Shropshire Senior Cup, en traditionsrig lokal pokalturnering grundlagt i 1877 for fodboldhold i Shropshire county, der rangerer blandt verdens ti ældste pokalturneringer i fodbold.

Kommuner

Indtil 2009 var Shropshire yderligere opdelt i fem distrikter – Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury og Atcham, South Shropshire.

Shropshire Council, der er fælles kommunalbestyrelse for de fem distrikter, blev oprettet i 2009.

Det sjette distrikt Borough of Telford and Wrekin blev en selvstændig kommune allerede i 1974.

Det ceremonielle grevskab Shropshire består af disse to kommuner.

Seværdigheder

Adcote nr. Shrewsbury Attingham Park, Atcham Benthall Hall, Broseley Blists Hill, Madeley Boscobel House, nr. Wolverhampton Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth Brown Clee Hill, South Shropshire Buildwas Abbey, Buildwas Burford House Caer Caradoc, nr. Church Stretton Cambrian Heritage Railway, Oswestry and Llynclys Chetwynd Park, Newport Cardingmill Valley, Church Stretton Clun Castle, Clun Flounder's Folly, nr. Craven Arms Fordhall castle and farm Haughmond Hill, nr. Shrewsbury Haughmond Abbey Hawkstone Park, North Shropshire Hopton Castle, nr. Craven Arms Ironbridge Gorge Kynaston's Cave, nr. Nesscliffe Langley Chapel, nr. Shrewsbury Lilleshall Abbey, nr Newport The Long Mynd, Church Stretton Ludlow Castle, Ludlow

Mitchell's Fold, nr. Chirbury Moreton Corbet Castle, Moreton Corbet Newport Guildhall, Newport Offa's Dyke Path, Welsh Marches Puleston Cross, Newport Severn Valley Railway, Bridgnorth Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), South Shropshire Shropshire Union Canal Snailbeach Lead Mines nr. Shrewsbury South Telford Heritage Trail, Telford Soulton Hall nr. Wem St Laurence Church, Ludlow The Stiperstones, nr Pontesbury Stokesay Castle, nr Craven Arms Sunnycroft, Wellington Telford Steam Railway, Telford Titterstone Clee Hill, nr. Ludlow Wenlock Edge, Much Wenlock Wenlock Priory White Ladies Priory Whittington Castle, nr. Oswestry The Wrekin (and Ercall) nr. Wellington Wroxeter Roman City, Wroxeter, nr. Atcham

Shrewsbury Castle (c) Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0 Attingham Park Mansion Ironbridge

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