Much Wenlock Market Alongside the local artisans and producers are merchants selling a wide variety of general and household goods, as well as books, vintage apparel, arts and crafts, and plants. The market is open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4.30 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The Market is held on a Friday and Saturday, with a Market on Sundays which is run on the Town Council's behalf. There are 23 pitches, each measuring approximately 8ft x 6ft.
Ludlow market is a lively and welcoming place at the heart of Ludlow. Regular General markets are held on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday each week of the year.
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, Wenlock Priory Shropshire England - Tour and Explore
Is Much Wenlock a nice place to live?
Shropshire glad: this appealing, old-fashioned village has a bit of culture and a lot of charm, and deserves a medal for its Olympic spirit. It may optimistically describe itself as a market town – and it does have a lively Saturday gathering – but tiny Much Wenlock is more like the perfect old-fashioned village.
Bridgnorth's atmospheric open-air markets attract shoppers from far and wide. Each Saturday the High Street and Meredith's Yard are filled with colourful awnings as traders sell everything from fresh fish to lawnmowers.
Visit Shropshire's markets and enjoy each individual Shropshire town. Bishop's Castle Town Hall hosts a flea market on the first Saturday of the month, and a farmers' market on the third Saturday. Bridgnorth holds a market along the high street and beneath the Town Hall on Fridays and Saturdays.
Located alongside beau ful countryside with the nearby Welsh borders to the west , and to the east the larger town of Telford and the West Midlands conurba on beyond, Shrewsbury is now the county town of Shropshire and the largest town in the county. It is one of England's finest medieval market towns.
Ludlow Castle was an important border fortification along the Welsh Marches, and one of the largest in the Norman/English ring of castles surrounding Wales. It played a significant role in local, regional and national conflicts such as the Owain Glyndŵr rebellion, the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil War.
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.
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.
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.
A Local Producers Market (or farmers' market), organised by Local to Ludlow, is held on the second Thursday and fourth Thursday of each month. This has 20 or 30 stalls with producers selling food and drink from within a 30-mile radius of Ludlow.
Much Wenlock has become known as the birthplace of Wenlock Olympian Games set up by Dr 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.
Those who stayed in England were gradually assimilated, rather like the name of the town we start our drive in, Much Wenlock. It gets its Much is from Anglo-Saxon mycel, meaning 'great' or 'much'. Wenlock comes from Celtic wininicas, 'white area', and the Anglo-Saxon loca, 'place'.
Wenlock was the site of a monastery for almost 900 years. An abbey for both monks and nuns was founded here at the end of the 7th century and was the home of St Milburga, an Anglo-Saxon princess.
