Each Saturday the High Street and Meredith's Yard are filled with colourful awnings as traders sell everything from fresh fish to lawnmowers. Beneath the arches of the town hall, local people set out their stalls each Friday, Saturday and Sunday, offering plants, preserves and produce, cakes, flowers and crafts.
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. The market space also hosts a range of specialist markets on Thursdays and Sundays throughout the year.
Bridgnorth is a historic market town and has many unique and chain shops. Market day is on a Saturday, a Cattle Market & Auction held weekly. Bridgnorth has many shops many on the High Street, but always look down the side streets as there are many more than you may first see.
The medieval castle, Victorian shop fronts, steam railway, elegant promenade, river-port and timber-framed houses and inns are all encountered. In fact, Bridgnorth is one of the most picturesque and fascinating towns in Shropshire.
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.
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.
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.
Much Wenlock has been a market town for more than 800 years and is home to one of the most popular markets in Shropshire. The produce on offer at the Buttermarket, the Square, and the Corn Exchange ranges from freshly picked fruits and vegetables to pies, preserves, honey, and meats from the area.
Shrewsbury is a great place for holiday shopping and has many hundreds of independently owned stores and high-street chains selling a vast range of goods.
Shrewsbury is often regarded as having reached its height in the late Middle Ages, in terms of its national and economic significance. This was largely down to its position as a centre of the woollen trade, being a centre for the finishing of Welsh cloth.
Wenlock, a cute creature made from a droplet of steel from the steelworks used to build the Olympic stadium, takes his name from Much Wenlock, a small town in central Shropshire. With a population of around 3,000 this very small town has a very large history. Much Wenlock is home to the Wenlock Olympian Games.
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 is a delightful Shropshire market town located some 14 miles to the west of Wolverhampton and bisected by the River Severn. The town is unique in the UK in that it has a High Town and a Low Town connected by the only inland funicular railway in the UK.
There are 22 pubs currently listed in the “Bridgnorth Pub Trail”, and two more bars have recently opened: not bad for a town of 13,000 population. However, in 1663 there were 280 pubs for a much smaller population! The Northgate is the only town gateway left standing and was restored in 1910.
