During 2019 Visit Shropshire Hills will be organising a trail with a competition to find who serves up the finest Shropshire Cream Tea. A Shropshire Cream Tea consists of homemade scones, cream, butter if desired and jam made from the Shropshire Prune Damson. The Shropshire Prune is quite prevalent in hedgerows and at one stage […]
Landscape Photography in the wet
You can plan in advance, but then sometimes the weather just gets the better of you. Here’s a video for photographers on a rainy day out of Church Stretton, showing how it doesn’t all have to be bad https://youtu.be/F52dR6iA4RQ
2019 new
Elephant trail in Bishops Castle, Cream tea trail with the Shropshire Prune, New garden layout at Stokesay Castle, Fizzy red wine from Kerry Vale Vineyard 300 years of The Castle Hotel Revamped Food Centre Look for the new Branding 21st Anniversary Food Festival Ludlow Castle chapel GeoTourist Trail in Church Stretton …. Building work has […]
Walking resources
Click here for a word document containing walking routes across the Shropshire Hills and surrounding areas, plus how to add VieewRanger to your own website Walks and Walking Websites in the Shropshire Hills
MoreChildren
marriage is a thing “upon which many questions aboute inheritances doe depend” William Bradford, author of the first history of the Mayflower community In 1620, a small company of Puritans set sail on the Mayflower from Plymouth bound for Virginia. They left in search of religious freedom and a new life for themselves and their […]
Branding
We are doing a survey to inform our current branding project We’d encourage all businesses, tourists and other interested parties to take part so we can best promote our wonderful area Here is the link address
Tourism Expo
Big turnout for Shropshire Hills Tourism Expo at Ludlow Castle 20 March 2018 Over 100 local tourism businesses turned out in force to swap leaflets and ideas at Ludlow Castle to start the new tourism season off with a swing. The Expo was organised by Paul Davis chair of Shropshire Hills Tourism, said “This is […]
2018 Festivals
2018 Calendar of Festivals in the Shropshire Hills There are annual arts festivals in some of the main towns across the Shropshire Hills – Ludlow, Church Stretton, Bishop’s Castle and Much Wenlock – as well as walking festivals in and around Bishop’s Castle and Church Stretton. And, of course, Ludlow is celebrated for its various […]
Tourism Strategy
Tourism Strategy Final Consultation The Final Draft Strategy V2.2 2017-2022 is now available. The consultation of the new strategy for the Shropshire Hills Destination was launched at Aston-on-Clun. Some interesting presentations were made, some great cakes, and a useful workshop allowing people present to prioritise some of the suggestions. Please do read the draft strategy […]
The Top 3 Landmarks of Shropshire
Shropshire is home to many sights, so when visiting this West Midlands county, it can be tricky to narrow down the top sights. After all, you want to invest your time and energy in the best things to do; you do not want to spend your time hopping from one place to the other, seeing […]
Photo Results
Many thanks to all who entered the photographic competition, and especially to Louise Welsby and Richard Childs for judging, plus our wonderful sponsors for the fantastic prizes. Here are the winners: Overall and winner of Quirky class. “Both Richard and I absolutely love this image. It is so well framed and incredibly atmospheric. I love […]
Newsletter
Shropshire Hills Tourism produce a newsletter aimed at members and other tourism businesses operating in the Shropshire Hills and Ludlow plus surrounding areas. The latest newsletter is here, earlier newsletters can be accessed via the relevant archive links below. To receive newsletters please sign up to the mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time […]
2016 AGM
The 2016 AGM (Annual General Meeting) of Shropshire Hills Tourism Ltd was held at The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms on Tuesday 10th May at 11am. The AGM Agenda can be found here. The draft minutes are here Minutes Welcome to new Board members Caroline Magnus and Louise Welsby. AGM Talks Following the meeting there were a brief series of informative talks designed […]
Photographic Competition
The photographic competition is now closed, and the results can be found here Below is the overall winner Are you a great photographer? We are running a photographic competition open to the public and tourism operators. Due to an admin error the closing date for entries is now 30 September 2016, giving time for you […]
Visitor Information
Shropshire Hills Tourism Association have not printed an accommodation guide this year, but a downloadable copy of all accommodation providers is available here Accommodation Directory. A list of all member Attractions and Activities can be printed off here (coming) Print a map of Ludlow town centre , Shrewsbury, Craven Arms, Church Stretton , Wellington Town Map and Walker’s Map Alternatively print […]
Absorb Historic Shropshire with a Tour of our Castles
Shropshire’s colourful, interesting and turbulent past has littered this beautiful rural county with hillforts, abbeys and castles, all of which displaying the wounds and marks of a stormy history. Shropshire is home to 32 castles in all, which is quite something. I intend to shine a spotlight on 5 of South Shropshire’s finest and most […]
Buy-From Shropshire
Buy-From Shropshire celebrates creativity & production in Shropshire. Get creative, get involved & shop for products made in this fantastic county.
Shropshire Hills on TV
Griff’s Great Britain broadcast on ITV on 22 February 2016 gave a nice overview of the Shropshire Hills area. Griff stayed at The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow, which he reckoned is the carved oak capital of the British Isles. After a wander around the market visiting a pet shop for dragons, he viewed Ludlow Castle from afar, […]
Eat & Drink Your Way Through The Shropshire Summer
The beautiful, rural county of Shropshire is home to some of the most renowned food and drink producers in the country. Whether you are looking for locally brewed beers, luxury chocolate, artisan bread, exquisite cheeses or Michelin Star chefs, Shropshire has it all. Over the summer months, why not spend some quality time treating yourself […]
Rural Escapes in the Summer
Rural Escapes in the Summer The summer is upon us and the weeks of school holidays are stretching out before you. Here I intend to give you an insight into some of the many rural escapes offered in South Shropshire: Be inspired and start planning some wonderful days out in Shropshire this summer….. WILD SWIMMING […]
Walk the Hills
Walking in the Hills The Shropshire Hills has great walking, and so it’s not unreasonable that there are some great walking festivals, plus a number of towns that are accredited as “Walkers are Welcome Towns”. In addition Shropshire Council has a great resource with Shropshire Great Outdoors Walking Video Some great views and a good […]