Ludlow Market offers vibrant regular markets every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday year-round. Specialist markets, like Local to Ludlow Producers', Antiques, and Crafts, run most Thursdays and Sundays. Ludlow Market features a mix of regular and casual traders, each offering something unique.
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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 Olympian Games and later in 1866, the National Olympian Games.
The Corn Exchange was built in 1852 to provide a market space and agricultural reading rooms for the town. The building is still home to the library and markets as well as the Town Council offices including the town's archive. Items in the care of Much Wenlock Town Council can be viewed by appointment.
Ludlow's bakers also do a roaring trade. Price's, for instance, in the market square, still uses traditional, slow-rising dough for its breads and usually has speciality loaves on offer; try the dark beer and walnut loaf made with local brewer Hobson's dark beer, Old Henry.
Ludlow Market offers vibrant regular markets every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday year-round. Specialist markets, like Local to Ludlow Producers', Antiques, and Crafts, run most Thursdays and Sundays.
Highlights include the Ludlow Food Festival, the UK's original and much-loved food event, as well as Ludlow Spring, Ludlow Winter Festival, Ludlow Fringe, and Ludlow Green Festival.
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Bridgnorth is a historic market town in Shropshire, England. Bridgnorth is renowned for its picturesque setting along the River Severn and its division into High Town and Low Town. High Town sits atop a sandstone cliff, offering panoramic views, while Low Town lies along the riverbank.
Shrewsbury's award-winning Market Hall on Claremont Street is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 8am to 4pm (with occasional late-night openings).
The Wareham weekly market commences every Saturday from around 8:00am. Here, you'll be able to sample and purchase a range of local goods including plants, flowers, fresh vegetables and fruit, cheeses, hot food, collectables, antiques and more!
The Breadwalk path continues for about a mile up and over Whitcliffe along the line of the river. It is here you will get the famous view of Ludlow Castle and town. At the other end the footpath re-joins the road near Ludford Bridge; The Charlton Arms is right by the river if you need a well-earned drink.
Nestled on the edge of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Beauty Ludlow is a Market Town renowned as a food and cultural gem. With a bustling community, Ludlow is jam-packed with events and festivals throughout the year including our famous Food Festival, the Annual Mayfair and Ludlow Fringe to name a few.
Hidden away within an ancient courtyard, the Rose & Crown is Ludlow's oldest pub, there are documents showing that there was an ale house on this site in 1102. It boasts a 13th century mullioned window with trefoil in the rear stone wall.
The earliest known recorded version of All Tomorrow's Parties was recorded there. Other filmmakers, performers, poets, artists and musicians that lived in the building at the time included Warhol superstars Mario Montez and Jack Smith.
Whether you're 'Having a Do', wanting 'Something for Tea' or even just needing some 'Everyday Fare', you'll find fantastic traditional recipes for any occasion, ranging from: Macaroni Rice, Baked Potato Pudding, traditional Oat Cakes, Shropshire Pie, Shrewsbury Simnel Cake and Shropshire Gingerbread.
Corn exchanges are distinct buildings which were originally created as a venue for corn merchants to meet and arrange pricing with farmers for the sale of wheat, barley, and other corn crops. The word "corn" in British English denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley.
It was designed by Richard Reynolds Rowe in the Gothic Revival style, built using bricks cast in a variety of colours and was officially opened on 6 November 1875.
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'.
