Shropshire
Shropshire | |
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The Townbrook Valley from the Long Mynd; the clock tower of Shrewsbury Market Hall; and the Iron Bridge, Ironbridge | |
 Shropshire within England | |
| Coordinates: 52°37′N 2°43′W / 52.617°N 2.717°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Established | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs |
| Police | West Mercia Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Anna Turner JP[1] |
| High Sheriff | Jane Trowbridge JP |
| Area | 3,490 km2 (1,350 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 13th of 48 |
| Population (2005 est.) | 450,700 |
| • Ranked | 42nd of 48 |
| Density | 129/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | Figures for Shropshire UA:[2] 93.8% White, British 1.9% White, other 1.5% S. Asian 0.9% Mixed 0.6% White, Irish 0.6% Black |
| Unitary authorities | |
| Councils | Shropshire Council Telford and Wrekin Council |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Shropshire Unitary | |
| Districts | |
Shropshire, sometimes known as Salop and sometimes shortened to Shrops in print, is a ceremonial county of England. It has no cities and only a few large towns - Shrewsbury, Telford, Ludlow and Oswestry. It is a very rural county with many hills, forests, farms and rivers within its borders.
The county borders Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south and Powys and Wrexham County Borough, counties of Wales, to the west.
The county's county town is Shrewsbury, the birthplace of evolutionist Charles Darwin, however its largest town is Telford. Telford is known for its tourist attraction, Ironbridge Gorge. Ironbridge Gorge is the world's first iron structure. Shrewsbury is also the location of the Ditherington Flax Mill, also known as the Flaxmill Maltings, the world's the first iron-framed building. It is seen as the world's first skyscraper, described as "the grandfather of skyscrapers".
Places of interest
[change | change source]Places of interest in Shropshire include:
- Attingham Park, Atcham
- Blists Hill Victorian Town, Madeley
- Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth
- Ditherington Flax Mill, Shrewsbury
- Haughmond Hill, near Shrewsbury
- Hawkstone Park, near Hodnet
- Ironbridge Gorge, Telford
- Long Mynd, Church Stretton
- Offa's Dyke Path
- Severn Valley Railway, Bridgnorth
- Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
- Snailbeach, near Shrewsbury
- The Stiperstones, Pontesbury
- Wroxeter Roman Village, Atcham
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- ↑ "Shropshire Lieutenancy | Shropshire Council". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ↑ Rogers, Simon (19 May 2011). "Ethnic breakdown of England and Wales mapped". The Guardian.