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West Midlands & Shropshire
Tourist Information
Hotels & Things to see & do in the West Midlands & Shropshire
The Black Country
The Black Country affords easy access to all, whether by rail, road, canal or air. Located due west from Birmingham. This coupled with a vast range of different attractions – from art to culture, history to countryside; nature to sport and canals to shops and entertainment.
Places worth visiting are: Black Country Living Museum, Dudley Zoological Gardens and Sandwell Valley Country Park & The New art centre and leather museum in Walsall.
Shropshire
Tucked away on the English and Welsh Border, Shropshire is a real surprise as there is so much around and about to do. For a start there are over 32 castles - a legacy of Shropshire's border heritage, Shropshire is also the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution at Ironbridge with 10 hands-on museums to explain it all. Shrewsbury, birth place of Charles Darwin, is one of England’s finest medieval towns and still very much intact and home to the longest running flower show in the country. Shropshire’s gastronomic capital, Ludlow, with its castle is home to a terrific food festival and more delicatessens and hostelries than you can shake a bread-stick at. According to Charles I Bridgnorth simply has the finest view in England. Take the cliff railway and see for yourself. There’s the Royal Air Force Museum, at Cosford bear Telford and best of all it’s free admission! Other places of interest are: Burford House & Gardens, Carding Mill Valley for great walks & Views. Hawkstone Hall - gardens, park and golf course and Shrewsbury Castle & Museum. Or take a nostagic steam train journey through Shropshire Countryside between Kidderminstar and Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway
