Other primary industries, such as forestry and fishing, are to be found too. Most of Shropshire's modern commerce and industry is found along the A5 road and the M54 motorway, the two roads forming a major transport route running from Wolverhampton in Staffordshire across to Telford, around Shrewsbury parallel to the line of Watling Street. The A5 then turns north-west to Oswestry, before heading north into Denbighshire. Telford new town is found where the M54 disgorges onto the A5.
The county's railways meet at Shrewsbury. The new town of Telford is built partly on a former industrial area centred on the East Shropshire Coalfield as well as on former agricultural land. There are still many ex-colliery sites to be found in the area, as well as disused mine shafts.
This industrial heritage is an important tourist attraction, as is seen by the growth of museums in the Ironbridge , Coalbrookdale , Broseley and Jackfield area.
Blists Hill museum and historical Victorian era village is a major tourist attraction as well as the Iron Bridge itself. In addition, Telford Steam Railway runs from Horsehay. South Shropshire is more rural, with fewer settlements and no large towns, and its landscape differs greatly from that of North Shropshire.
The area is dominated by significant hill ranges and river valleys, woods, pine forests and "batches", a colloquial term for small valleys and other natural features. Farming is more pastoral than the arable found in the north of the county. The only substantial towns are Bridgnorth , with a population of around 12, people, Ludlow and Church Stretton. The Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty spreads across the south-west, covering square miles: it is the only specifically protected area of the county.
Because of its valley location and character, Church Stretton is sometimes referred to as a Little Switzerland. Nearby are the old mining and quarrying communities on the Clee Hills , notable geological features in the Onny Valley and Wenlock Edge and fertile farmland in the Corve Dale. The River Teme drains this part of the county, before flowing into Worcestershire to the South and joining the River Severn.
The Clun Forest in south-western Shropshire against the Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire boundary is a little known and remote part of the county. The small towns of Clun and Bishop's Castle are in this area. The countryside here is very rural and is in parts wild and forested. To the south of Clun, the town of Knighton stands across the boundary of Shropshire with Radnorshire.
The rocks in Shropshire are relatively new, especially compared to the Cambrian mountains. It is here that most of the county's large towns, and population in general, are to be found. Shrewsbury at the centre, Oswestry to the north west, Whitchurch to the north, Market Drayton to the north east and the Telford conurbation Telford, Wellington, Newport, Oakengates, Donnington and Shifnal to the east.
The land is fertile and agriculture remains a major feature of the landscape and the economy. The River Severn runs through the lower half of this area from Wales in the west, eastwards , through Shrewsbury and the Ironbridge Gorge, before heading south to Bridgnorth. The area around Oswestry has more rugged geography than the North Shropshire Plain and the western half is over an extension of the Wrexham Coalfield and there are also copper deposits on the border with Wales.
Mining of stone and sand aggregates is still going on in North Shropshire, notably on Haughmond Hill, near Bayston Hill and around the village of Condover. Other primary industries, such as forestry and fishing, are to be found too. The A5 and M54 run from Wolverhampton to the east of the county across to Telford, around Shrewsbury and then north west to Oswestry, before heading north into Wales in the Wrexham area. This is an important artery and the corridor is where most of Shropshire's modern commerce and industry is found, notably in Telford new town.
There are also a number of railway lines crossing over the area, which centre at Shrewsbury. The new town of Telford is built on a former industrial area centred on the East Shropshire Coalfield.
There are still many colliery heaps to be found in the area, as well as disused mine shafts. This industrial heritage is an important tourist attraction, as is seen by the growth of museums in the Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale and Jackfield area.
Blists Hill museum and historical Victorian era village is a major tourist attraction as well as the Iron Bridge itself. Politically - South Shropshire district and Bridgnorth district; Ludlow constituency. Mining of stone and sand aggregates is still going on in Mid-Shropshire, notably on Haughmond Hill , near Bayston Hill , and around the village of Condover.
Lead mining also took place at Snailbeach and the Stiperstones , but this has now ceased. Other primary industries, such as forestry and fishing, are to be found too. The A5 and M54 run from Wolverhampton to the east of the county across to Telford, around Shrewsbury parallel to the line of Watling Street , an ancient trackway.
The A5 then turns north west to Oswestry, before heading north into Wales in the Wrexham area. This is an important artery and the corridor is where most of Shropshire's modern commerce and industry is found, notably in Telford new town. There are also a number of railway lines crossing over the area, which centre at Shrewsbury.
The new town of Telford is built partly on a former industrial area centred on the East Shropshire Coalfield as well as on former agricultural land. There are still many ex-colliery sites to be found in the area, as well as disused mine shafts.
This industrial heritage is an important tourist attraction, as is seen by the growth of museums in the Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale , Broseley and Jackfield area. Blists Hill museum and historical Victorian era village is a major tourist attraction as well as the Iron Bridge itself.
In addition, Telford Steam Railway runs from Horsehay. South Shropshire is more rural, with fewer settlements and no large towns, and its landscape differs greatly from that of North Shropshire. The area is dominated by significant hill ranges and river valleys, woods, pine forests and "batches", a colloquial term for small valleys and other natural features. Farming is more pastoral than the arable found in the north of the county. The only substantial towns are Bridgnorth , with a population of around 12, people, Ludlow and Church Stretton.
The Shropshire Hills AONB is located in the south-west, covering an area of sq mi km 2 ; it forms the only specifically protected area of the county. Inside this area is the popular Long Mynd , a large plateau of 1, ft m and Stiperstones 1, feet m high to the East of the Long Mynd , overlooking Church Stretton. The A49 is the main road through the area, running north to south, from Shrewsbury to Herefordshire.
A railway line runs through the area on the same route as the A49 with stations at Church Stretton, Craven Arms and Ludlow. Because of its valley location and character, Church Stretton is sometimes referred to as Little Switzerland. Nearby are the old mining and quarrying communities on the Clee Hills , notable geological features in the Onny Valley and Wenlock Edge and fertile farmland in the Corve Dale. The River Teme drains this part of the county, before flowing into Worcestershire to the south and joining the River Severn.
This gives Shropshire the 13th tallest hill per county in England. The small towns of Clun and Bishop's Castle are in this area. The countryside here is very rural and is in parts wild and forested. To the south of Clun is the Welsh border town of Knighton.
Natural England recognised the following national character areas that lie wholly or partially within Shropshire:. The climate of Shropshire is moderate. Rainfall averages to 1, mm 30 to 40 in , influenced by being in the rainshadow of the Cambrian Mountains from warm, moist frontal systems of the Atlantic Ocean which bring generally light precipitation in Autumn and Spring. The hilly areas in the south and west are much colder in the winter, due to their high elevation, they share a similar climate to that of the Welsh Marches and Mid-Wales.
The flat northern plain in the north and east has a similar climate to that of the rest of the West Midlands. Being rural and inland, temperatures can fall more dramatically on clear winter nights than in many other parts of England.
It was at Harper Adams University, in Edgmond , where on 10 January the lowest temperature weather record for England was broken and is kept to this day : The only Met Office weather station in the county is located at Shawbury , which is in the north, between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton. Shropshire has a huge range of different types of rocks, stretching from the Precambrian until the Holocene. Then it seemed to become Shrops. Was there any reason for the change, or just peoples preferences.
Probably when people stopped learning Latin! Don't see many references to Oxon Oxfordshire either these days. Salop is not an abbreviation of Shropshire. The county has just changed its name back and forth a few times in the past. I'm not sure when the last change was but I think it was in the seventies but someone else may be able to put me right there:- Allie.
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