Shropshire

Shropshire is a county within the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south. Shropshire Council turned into created in 2009, a unitary authority taking over from the preceding county council and five district councils. The borough of Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority due to the fact that 1998 however remains covered inside the ceremonial county.

The county's populace and economy is concentrated on 5 cities: the county city of Shrewsbury, that's culturally and historically vital and close to the centre of the county; Telford, a new metropolis inside the east which was built round some of older cities, maximum extensively Wellington, Dawley and Madeley, which is today the most populous; and Oswestry in the northwest, Bridgnorth simply to the south of Telford, and Ludlow inside the south.

The county has many market cities, together with Whitchurch inside the north, Newport northeast of Telford and Market Drayton inside the northeast of the county. The Ironbridge Gorge area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, covering Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale and a part of Madeley. There are different historical business sites in the county, together with at Shrewsbury, Broseley, Snailbeach and Highley, as well as the Shropshire Union Canal.