Location: Shrewsbury
Top Things to do in Shrewsbury
Top 10 Historic Sites in Shrewsbury, England
Shrewsbury (/ˈʃroʊzbri/ ( listen) SHROHZ-bree or /ˈʃruːzbri/ ( listen) SHROOZ-bree) is the county town of Shropshire, England. The town is on the River Severn and the 2011 census recorded a population of 71,715.
Restaurants in Shrewsbury
1. Coleham Pumping Station
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5.0 based on 23 reviews
Preserved Victorian steam operated sewage pumping station with original equipment preserved and still working. Also smaller machinery such as water pumps, stationary engines and generators.
2. Shrewsbury Library
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Shrewsbury Library is a busy lending library housed in a Grade I listed building situated on Castle Gates near Shrewsbury Castle. The site was the home of Shrewsbury School from 1550 until 1882. The buildings were handed over to the town in 1882 and a free library and museum were opened by in 1885. Charles Darwin was taught here and his statue still sits proudly in the front courtyard.
3. Attingham Park
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4.5 based on 2,302 reviews
This 18th-century home contains one of the most complete surviving collections of Regency style.
Reviewed By Mobile35942195053 - Bristol, United Kingdom
Arrived early on the Bank Holiday Monday to get some good walking in. Plenty of parking, very friendly welcome and helpful volunteers in which I was given a map of the estate and away I went. The walks are easy to follow, loved the deer park walk and you can get very close to the deer, beautiful walk along the river with fantastic views back to the mansion and an impressive walled garden. I didn't have time to visit the house on this occasion(will do so next summer when I'm on vacation nearby), the house opens at 11am. Beautiful place, wonderful story, given to the NT in 1947 by the dutiful 8th Lord Berwick and lady Teresa. Very good NT facilities and excellent guide book to accompany any visit. Excellent work with respect to the swallow nest boxes provided for these most majestic birds, well done to NT for this.
4. Shrewsbury Abbey
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4.5 based on 340 reviews
Reviewed By Warehamchick
Fantastic visit, very friendly guides, lovely to walk around in peace well worth a visit picturesque
5. Longner Hall
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
6. Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
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4.5 based on 539 reviews
Located in the old Victorian Music Hall and 13th Century Vaughan's Mansion, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery offers a family friendly museum experience that brings to life the Roman, Medieval, Tudor and Stuart eras as well as sharing some of the most prominent local history in our Shropshire gallery. These tell the story of Shrewsbury and Shropshire from pre-history to the modern day. As well as it's five main galleries, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery also has a temporary exhibition gallery. Making this gallery its' home until Sunday 17 September is Antarctica: Life in a hostile land which allows you to explore the amazing human relationship with the most hostile continent on earth through Sir Ernest Shackleton and Captain Scott mementos, virtual reality at Halley VI in Antarctica and much, much more! Accessible to all, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery is able to illuminate your senses through displaying local and national heritage in a wide range of exciting ways. Fine art from the collections has been included throughout the galleries. Facilities include a café, Museum shop and Visitor Information Centre.
Reviewed By nastynick540 - Telford, United Kingdom
Although ‘locals’ we had never visited the museum before so decided to go today before the end of the Lego exhibition currently displaying in the museum. One off entrance fee of £4.50 per adult (you can buy a yearly pass if you wish for £25 if memory serves me correctly). Lego exhibition was good depicting various moments in history. The museum itself takes you through time from Iron Age through to Tudor times and a section focusing on when the Roman’s were in occupancy. Some interesting exhibits and loved seeing the old paintings/mockups of how Shrewsbury and the surrounding areas looked back in time. We spent around 1 1/2 hours there (although you could spend longer) and enjoyed our visit. Also the staff were friendly and welcoming. We also ate in the ‘Stop’ cafe which although not cheap did serve very nice coffee and cakes, gluten free option of orange and chocolate polenta for my wife and coffee cake for me. Well worth a visit if you want to find out more of the history of Shrewsbury.
7. Hawkstone Park Follies
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4.5 based on 967 reviews
100 acres of stunning scenery filled with magical Follies around every corner. One of Britain's original theme parks, this fantasy landscape full of bridges, towers and caves has been inspiring visitors for over 250 years.
Reviewed By wbaste - Kingswinford, United Kingdom
Been to the Santa Safari today with my wife and our 2 boys 7 & 4. Can honestly say it’s the best Santa we’ve been to see and the whole experience was superb. We were a bit worried after reading bad reviews but I can honestly say I couldn’t fault a thing. Upon arrival at the hotel we went into a Christmas theme room with hot chocolate to have. We then went up to the caves in a 4x4 land rover which was very cool. Once at the caves we were met by friendly elves who told us where to go and explained the Covid rules. The caves were great, very well decorated for lots of photo opportunities. When we got to see Santa me and my wife were amazed how good he looked. With a real white beard and a friendly smile he was superb with the kids. Spent a good 5 minutes asking them questions and making them laugh. The boys were given an avengers soft toy as a gift (better than a lot for the cheap rubbish we’ve had in the past) You then leave the caves to stunning views before being taken back to the hotel in a 4x4. Honestly couldn’t fault a single thing! Well done to everyone involved you really have made Christmas week feel magical.
8. Shrewsbury Prison
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4.5 based on 2,374 reviews
Shrewsbury prison, Shrewsbury was built in 1793 and for the past 200 years has been home to 1000's of criminals. Now its been opened to the public by Jailhouse tours, who run daily guided tours of the site, evening ghost tours, escape events, prison experience events and history days. Truly one of the UKs best visitor attractions Shrewsbury prison tours are one not to be missed.
Reviewed By 53myfanwyr - Tywyn, United Kingdom
Our Tour guide was informative and entertaining, well worth taking this guided tour, it’s interesting and educational, easy to find from the train station, suitable for all ages, All staff very friendly and helpful.
9. St Mary's Church
10. Laura's Tower
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4.0 based on 114 reviews
Reviewed By LadyLauraR - Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Found it by accident and thought it was beautiful. The views for the tower are definitely worth it. It is hidden a little, you have to walk up the stairs behind trees.
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