All Places in ‘Shropshire Historic Buidings and Sites’

The Dana Prison, Shrewsbury: ‘the world’s most interactive prison tour’. Jailhouse Tours conducts guided tours run by ex-prison officers who once managed these very wings. Our two-hour tours give you the opportunity to view this historic building and learn more about its history dating back to 1793. Once inside, your Read more [...]

Daniels Mill is one of Shropshire’s hidden gems. It holds the distinction of having the largest diameter waterwheel of any working corn mill in England. The watermill is virtually unaltered since the 18th Century and still in the ownership of the same family for over 250 years. Set in a beautiful Read more [...]

The Bog Visitor Centre, in the shadow of the Stiperstones in Shropshire, is a gas-lit Victorian former school which is one of the few remaining buildings of a lost lead and barytes-mining village. The Bog mine once had 300 buildings and featured an amazing aerial ropeway. It is set in Read more [...]

Shrewsbury Abbey has found fame throughout the world as the home of the fictional Brother Cadfael. The Abbey was founded as a Benedictine Monastery in 1083 on the site of an existing Saxon church. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of King Henry VIII a large part of Read more [...]

The impressive 70 foot high Chirk Aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal across the English-Welsh border over the Ceiriog Valley.

National Trust. World famous terraced garden & medieval castle containing one of the finest collections of paintings in Wales. It was originally built as a fortress by Welsh princes & was later enriched by generations of Herberts & Clives.A beautiful collection of Indian treasures is displayed in the Clive Museum.

Shrewsbury Castle houses the spectacular collections of the Shropshire Regimental Museum Trust including pictures, uniforms, medals, weapons and other equipment from the 18th Century to the present day. The Castle is a popular venue for licenced civil ceremonies, with the grounds providing a lovely setting for photographs.

This amazing canal in the sky was designed and built by Thomas Telford and Williams Jessop and is now a World Heritage Site.  You can either walk across, if you dare,  or save your legs and take a canal boat ride But there’s one thing you have to take with Read more [...]

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

Originally a Norman castle, now retains various medieval buildings, including the magnificent ruins of the inner bailey. Situated in Ludlow town centre, the castle makes a spectacular backdrop to the market square and is the location for various events throughout the year. Visit the castle website http://www.ludlowcastle.com

A stunning example of Victorian architecture and film location for ‘Atonement’, the Grade II listed mansion, gardens and landscaped parkland is open on regular dates (or by appointment) for guided tours. Bookings in advance, dates & details on website.

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.

Restored tobacco pipe-making works. Operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Coalbrookdale changed the world forever. The museum shows you how with trails galleries and interactive displays.  This is also the location of the Darby furnace where ground breaking technology was used to smelt iron with coke resulting in Read more [...]

The Cathedral Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians and St. Peter of Alcantara.

Exhibition telling the story of the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. Also cafe & farm shop. You can also visit the nearby Battlefield Church.

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

National Trust: late Victorian  villa which has survived largely unaltered. The house is packed full with everyday items belonging to the families who lived here, The grounds are a mini estate with pigsties, stables, kitchen garden, orchards, conservatory, flower garden and superb Wellingtonia avenue. Enjoy a refreshments in the period Read more [...]

English Heritage Castle & woodland park located near Tarporley in Cheshire

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

The restored homes of the Darby Family, located near to the Museum of Iron in Coalbrookdale. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.

One of Shropshire’s most icon landmarks. The world’s first Iron Bridge was built by Abraham Darby III in 1779. Today it is closed to vehicle traffic but you can walk across it and enjoy the lovely views of the Severn Gorge.  An exhibition within the original Tollhouse explains how and Read more [...]

Beautiful Georgian church overlooking The Quarry. Open to visitors and regular events thoughout the year.

Perched high on a sandstone cliff overlooking the Severn Valley the Castle Keep is the only remaining part of the original buildings.  Leaning at a precarious fifteen degrees angle the remains still show signs of cannonball impacts. These occurred during the Civil War when the castle was under siege by Parliamentary Read more [...]

Flounders’ Folly is an imposing stone tower located on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms.  Constructed in 1838 by Benjamin Flounders , was restored in 2004-2005 by the Flounders’ Folly Trust and is now open to the public one day each month. enabling visitors to scale the 78 steps  to the Read more [...]

Ruins of the medieval Hopton Castle, besieged during and destroyed during the English Civil War. The Hopton Castle Preservation Trust secured recently funds from the Heritage Lottery fund and other sources which has allowed the castle and its surroundings to be purchased and repaired and access to be provided for visitors.

National Trust. 16th century stone house, stunning oak-panelled interior and carefully restored plantsman’s garden and kitchen garden.  Enjoy tea & cake in the tea-room and a walk around the park & woods.

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

The focus of many local legends, Mitchell’s Fold is a bronze-age stone circle located in a dramatic moorland setting in South Shropshire near to Bishops Castle. English Heritage.

Remains of a medieval castle located on a hilltop above the town of Llangollen just across the Shropshire border in Denbighshire, Wales.

Bury Ditches is an ancient Iron Age hill fort located between Clun and Bishop’s Castle in the Shropshire Hills. Dating from around 500 BC the site is managed by the Forestry Commission.

Unique ‘upstairs downstairs’ property, most interesting are the kitchens, laundry, bake house stables, sawmill & smithy used by the servants. The stunning staterooms display most of their original 18th & 19th century furniture. The large walled garden has been restored to its 18th century formal design.

In the event of nuclear war Hack Green would have been a Wartime HQ. Located just across the North Shropshire border near Whitchurch, the Nuclear Bunker is now open to the public as a museum dedicated to the Cold War.

National Trust, Victorian manor house & Garden.

A early 19th century villa near Shrewsbury. Please note only open on selected days throughout the year. See National Trust website for details.

For nearly four and a half centuries Much Wenlock Guildhall served as the administrative and judicial centre for the entire Borough of Much Wenlock and is still used today for town council meetings.  The beautiful interior features displays covering the history of Much Wenlock and hosts a programme of exhibitions. The building is Read more [...]

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. Read more [...]

National Trust: Magnificent 18th century mansion and deer park.  Visit the fully restored rooms and enjoy extensive woodland walks. Deer feeding (seasonal) and lots of special events throughout the year. Excellent family day out!

Dominating the High Street this magnificent timber framed building was built in 1652. The splendidly preserved interior contains numerous historical town artifacts.

Coleham Pumping Station was built circa 1900 to house two massive steam-driven beam engines, which were used to pump sewage as part of Shrewsbury’s new sewerage system. The museum is opened to the public on special days during the year. See website for information.

English Heritage. Magnificent remains of large Cluniac Priory in a beautiful setting close to Much Wenlock Town Centre. Audio tours available.

See the industrial past of the village with restored and conserved buildings including a Hoffmann Kiln, one of only a few in the country and the only one complete with chimney. Enjoy the woodland, meadow and canal-side walks around the site which is open all year round.

National Trust House, extensive parklands, gardens & woodland walks. House contains varied art collections, botanical art, costumes and much more. Events throughout the year. Home of the Labouchere family.

On the northern edge of Oswestry with access via Llwyn Rd. This is a fine example of an Iron Age fortress first occupied in around 300B.C. It is an impressive structure with its huge earthwork ramparts & ditches. Rumoured to be the birthplace of Queen Guinevere! Has Spectacular views over Read more [...]

English Heritage site. The dramatic remains of a Norman borderland castle perched high on two ice age mounds overlooking the South Shropshire town of Clun. Free entry.

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 site. Ruins of an Augustinian abbey, including remains of the 12th and 13th-century church and the cloister buildings. It was severely damaged during the English Civil War but you can still view the extensive remains. Free admission.

The Romans started mining here and the mine continued until 1955 when underground operations ceased. Located in the beautiful South Shropshire Hills, the surface and underground have been preserved by Shropshire County Council. Ground and underground tours by the Shropshire Mines Trust are available on selected days during the year.

English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn. The remains are among some of the best preserved 12th century examples of a Cistercian church and are largely complete and unaltered since its original construction, although it is now without its roof.

National Trust. A magnificent Marcher Fortress built 700 years ago by Edward I, situated close to the Welsh border. It has continuously lived in by the Myddelton family for the past 400 years. The beautiful gardens offer commanding views over the Cheshire/Shropshire plains.

The National Trust’s Kinver Edge is a remnant of the Mercian forest and contains two Iron Age hillforts. It is also home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England, with a set of complete cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s.

National Trust. Secluded Elizabethan Manor House, home of Thomas Smallman, a Royalist Major in the Civil War. Now also a YHA youth hostel.

The 15th Century building, once a grammar school, houses the Oswestry Visitor Information Centre, a cafe and exhibition display areas. All year round displays feature local artists and craftspeople.

Caer Caradoc is an impressive 1,506ft (271 m) hill located close to Church Stretton.  Popular with walkers, the summit offers spectacular views over the town and the Shropshire countryside. The summit also includes the remains of an ancient hillfort, associated with the legendary first century AD Welsh chieftain Caractacus. The hill can Read more [...]

The picturesque remains of an 11th Century castle and an Elizabethan mansion house. This is an English Heritage site, free admission.