Shropshire
er et engelsk provins (county) i
English Midlands
. Det er et af
Englands
mest landlige omrader.
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 omrade 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
.
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 bestar af disse to kommuner.
- 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
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- 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
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