All Places in ‘Shropshire English Heritage Sites’

Roman name “Viroconium”, the excavated remains of the second largest Roman city in Britain. Impressive ruins include 2nd century baths and remains of a huge gateway. A replica Roman Town House is now open at Wroxeter, built as part of Channel 4’s entertaining TV series ‘Rome Wasn’t Built in a Read more [...]

English Heritage – King Charles II hid in the house and the nearby Royal Oak to avoid capture by Cromwell’s troops.

English Heritage – Beautiful remains of large Cluniac Priory close to Much Wenlock Town Centre.

English Heritage. Beautiful perfectly preserved 13th-century fortified manor house – the best example of its type in England.

English Heritage – The ruins of a late 12th -century church of the small priory of Augustinian canonesses. Located halfway between the A41 and A5 north of Albrighton

English Heritage – Extensive remains of 12th century Augustinian Abbey.

Extensive ruins of abbey of Augustinian canons, including remains of the 12th and 13th-century church and the cloister buildings.

English Heritage Castle & woodland park located near Tarporley in Cheshire

Picturesque remains of an 11th Century castle and an Elizabethan mansion house – English Heritage

English Heritage’s Langley Chapel was constructed in 1601 and located in a remote part of Shropshire near to the village of Acton Burnell. It is  is notable for having a complete set of original 17th-century wooden furniture, and its lack of a chancel.

English Heritage. The remains of a fortified manor house built in the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Chancellor of England and close friend of King Edward the First. The King was a regular visitor and it is said that he convened one of the first English Parliaments here in 1263.

Ruined Borderland castle, is perched high on two ice age mounds overlooking the South Shropshire town of Clun.

English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn.

English Heritage: bronze-age stone circle located in a dramatic moorland setting in South Shropshire near to Bishops Castle.