ENGLAND || Shropshire - travel vlog (Shrewsbury, Irobridge, Ludlow, Stokesay) 15 Degrees North

15° North are travelling again! This time we are in England visiting the border county of Shropshire. There we visit: Ironbridge, Shrewsbury, River Wye, Clun, Ludlow and Stokesay Castle.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a worldwide odyssey exploring the best places for a break around the world. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that the globe has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in Shropshire, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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Shropshire is an English county that sits on the border of North Wales. A rural county, it contains several historic towns, dating from medieval times right through to the industrial revolution. It’s the latter of these where we start, visiting Ironbridge, best known for its... iron bridge... which spans the River Severn. Constructed in 1779, it was the very first large bridge built from cast iron in the entire world! Before it was built, cast iron was considered too heavy a material to construct large infrastructure from. But this bridge proved them oh-so wrong. And after that, bridges popped up all over the world thanks to this bridge in a little Shropshire village. In fact, the bridge is so world-famous, it has become a worldwide symbol of the Industrial Revolution.
Nearby Shrewsbury, however, couldn’t be more different. Dating from Saxon times, the town was built as a fortress designed to intimidate the Welsh.
As it sits right next to Wales, two of its rivers also run along its borders; the Severn and the Wye. We stayed in a glorious little converted toll-house on the banks of the latter.
Ludlow is another ancient town, dating from the eleventh century. Founded by the Normans once again to intimidate the Welsh... Poet John Betjemen once described Ludlow as “probably the loveliest town in England” and “lovely” is definitely the word I would use to describe it.
Our final stop is Stokesay Castle. A fortified manor house, it dates from the thirteenth century and the building has pretty much stayed in this exact form ever since. It was inhabited continuously until the end of the seventeenth century, but after that it became... well, a cowshed. So the cows lived in a castle while people lived in tiny cottages.
Shropshire is an oft-overlooked county, but there’s plenty to see and do here. Its rolling green fields are stunning. And if you like a slice of English history, then why not head out into the Heart of the United Kingdom.

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