Tourist attractions Shrewsbury

This splendid pink sandstone church possesses a handsome carved wooden ceiling (15C), together with superb stained-glass windows including the huge Tree of Jesse , the major part of which dates from the 14C. In 1894, following a bad storm, the bel..

The Benedictine Abbey, founded in 1082, stands just outside the town across the English Bridge. The 14C tower carries a statue of Edward III, in whose reign it was built, and there are Norman pillars in the 11C nave.

A deck and warehouse dating back to the 1840s have been restored to house the museum and visitor centre (audio-visual exhibition devoted to Ironbridge Gorge).

The history of iron making and the heyday of the Coalbrookdale Company are relived in this museum. It is housed in a large warehouse with windows that have iron lintels. At the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, the Coalbrookdale Company employed ..

A fine example of a three-storey Tudor timber-frame merchant's house now used as a local history museum. It contains a collection of Roman artefacts from the town of Viroconium.

Restored in the 14C, the castle was converted by Thomas Telford in 1787 into a home for Sir William Poultney, MP for Shrewsbury from 1776-1805. All that has survived of Telford's transformation is the Mayor's Parlour since the building became the Cou..

In this blast furnace in 1709, Abraham Darby experimented with his technique using coke to reduce iron mineral. The foundry remained in activity until around 1818.