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Shopping, markets and street festivals.
Theatre and arts.
Shrewsbury Castle.
Shrewsbury Abbey.
The museum in an old music hall.
The Quantum Leap sculpture on the riverbank opposite the theatre… marking Darwin's 200th birthday.
Streets with great names such as Butcher Row, Fish Street and Grope Lane.
Did you know that:
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury?
There's plenty to celebrate his life and works in the town and his statue can be found outside the library.
The world opens up just beyond the town, with one of the first areas to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Welcome to the Shropshire Hills. Enjoy the views all the way to Knighton, or alight at one of the smaller stations along the way:
Church Stretton
Alight here for a walk - or a run - up the Long Mynd or a browse around the high street show and cafes of this walker’s town. On the other side of Church Stretton lies Caer Caradoc and the atmospheric Wenlock Edge beyond.
Craven Arms
Alight here for the beginning of the Heart of Wales Line Walking Trail. Don’t forget the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre exhibition centre and cafe - just a five minute walk down the road from the station.
Broome, Hopton Heath and Bucknell
These stations are the gateways to excellent walking and off road cycling country with forest paths and downhill tracks at Bucknell and Hopton Heath.
Enjoy the great atmosphere in local pubs, sample local produce, maybe take a night or two at a family run B&B. Be on the look out for lovely old churches, a wealth of open art studios and art cafes, unusual breeds of sheep, community run shops and cafes along the way.
Did you know that:
The Welsh Marches contain the densest concentration of motte-and-bailey castles in Wales and England?
If it’s rugby that you love, you wont want to miss the fabulous Parc Y Scarlets.
Here’s the link http://parcyscarlets.com