Shrewsbury in Shropshire District is an interesting town that I really hadn’t considered visiting other than as a stop over point between The Cotswolds and North West Wales.

Being the home of Charles Darwin it boasts an exceptional school called the Shrewsbury Sixth Form College whose fees are mind blowing. One mention was that one wouldn’t get any any change out of 45,000GBP for term fees. Ouch!

 

The medieval township of Shrewsbury has grasped the modern and the old. The old black timber framed buildings which were originally filled with white wattle and daub infills to lean precariously over the streets as each floor gets larger as the building goes up.

The town also boasts an interesting round church, St Chads. A very pretty town and lovely gardens. And of course there is a castle.

We cruised the river Severn which at 220 miles (354 km) is about the longest in UK starting in the mountains of Wales, traveling east in England and then back south west. The old township of Shrewsbury sits within an almost closed loop of the river. So a cruise takes you from the west of the town around the the east and back again.

 

The accents are thick with some words sounding almost Welsh with a very sing song style.

It brings to mind that Moccona commercial.  They say ‘Highyah’ rather than hello. Very pleased we chose this place for a stop over.