Ludlow has held street markets since the twelfth century. Nowadays, a traditional open-air market, managed by Ludlow Town Council, takes place in the town square (Castle Street) every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday throughout the year.
LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE Travel Guide - A Day in the Historic Market Town!
Does Ludlow have a farmers market?
Ludlow Local Produce Market is a large, twice-monthly farmers' market selling a wide range of everyday and specialist food and drink produced within 30 miles of Ludlow.
From its fossils, the ancient Bitterley hoard, artefacts from Ludlow's medieval church and castle, elegant Georgian Ludlow, and exhibits depicting Ludlow at War and Peace.
What makes Ludlow such a gem is the wealth of historic buildings still intact, the medieval street pattern still remains and there are over 500 Listed properties, many with impressive Georgian facades added by wealthy merchants, Ludlow was and still is a prosperous Town.
In 2015 it was named as one of the Top 50 places to live in 2015 by the Sunday Times, and has since been building a reputation as the jewel in Shropshire's already sparkling crown.
The most common crimes in Ludlow are violence and sexual offences, with 268 offences during 2022, giving a crime rate of 26. This is 0.37% higher than 2021's figure of 267 offences and a difference of 0.10 from 2021's crime rate of 26.
Riverside Ramble An easy walk around the Castle and along the River Teme, some steps and inclines so not suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs will need to be carried at points (1.5 miles.) Mortimer Forest (1) A steady climb up forest tracks into the forest and back to Ludlow (3/4 miles.)
Ludlow is a delightful small market town in south Shropshire, very near to the border with Wales. The townscape, based on the original medieval town plan, has fine examples of architecture from the Medieval, Tudor and Georgian periods.
English Heritage considers Ludlow to be "one of England's finest castle sites", with the ruins representing "a remarkably complete multi-phase complex". It is protected under UK law as a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building.
Much Wenlock has become known as the birthplace of Wenlock Olympian Games set up by William Penny Brookes and his Wenlock Olympian Society (WOS) in 1850. In 1861 he was also instrumental in setting up the Shropshire Games and later in 1866, the National Olympian Games.
Much Wenlock has many underground streams, but it is probably the stream from which our St. Owen's Well in Back Lane drew it water that is here indicated. Wenlock thus means ”Owen's stream” or, in the 9th Century spelling, which is a diminutive, “Owen's little stream”.
In season you'll find game and fresh venison from the nearby Mortimer Forest, and all year round you can buy meat from rare breed animals at Wall's. Pork pies and pasties from Wall's, Griffiths' and Carters of Ludlow are beyond compare. Don't forget to try some black pudding and some white pudding while you're at it.
Lodelowe was in use for this site before 1138 and comes from the Old English "hlud-hlǣw". At the time this section of the River Teme contained rapids, and so the hlud of Ludlow came from "the loud waters", while hlǣw meant "hill" or tumulus. Thus the name Ludlow describes a place on a hill by the loud waters.
It's called The Bread Walk because the men who landscaped it were paid in bread rather than money to make sure their earnings did them and their families some good and weren't cashed in for beer on the way home! of Ludlow Castle towering high over Dinham Bridge.
Many of us are changing the way we shop and Hebden Bridge market is leading the way! The Market operates Thursday (General Retail), Friday (Preloved and Second Hand), Saturday (Arts and Crafts) and Sunday (Local Produce).
Shrewsbury Market Hall is located in the middle of Shrewsbury, nestled between the busy shopping streets of Claremont Street and Shoplatch. A secure rack for bicycle parking is available directly outside the Market Hall.
Skipton Market is an outdoor market which operates every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday throughout the year on Skipton High Street. Generally, market trading hours are from 9am to 4.30pm.
