Whitchurch
"Whitchurch, old… but not
Old Fashioned"
Whitchurch - Home of Tower Clocks |
Whitchurch Memorial Gardens |
Whitchurch |
Whitchurch is a bustling market town,
the oldest continually inhabited community in Shropshire.
Founded by the Romans, who called it Mediolanum - the place
in the middle of the plain, Whitchurch is ideally placed for
exploring Shropshire, Cheshire and North Wales.
Whitchurch Heritage Centre allows you to spend time with J.B.Joyce,
the oldest clock makers in the world - established in 1690.
You can unearth Roman treasure and meet a musical knight -Sir
Edward German, composer of "Merrie England",
and the Victorian illustrator Randolph Caldecott- often called "the Lord of the Nursery". You may well
have met him before - a while back. His nursery rhymes are
still being read to children today.
If you want to get out and about
the Jubilee Park in Whitchurch is the starting point for five
long distance walking routes including our own Shropshire
Way. This will take you to the Llangollen
Canal and a superb flight of staircase locks at Grindley
Brook, a mile or so out of town.
Alternatively you could take
one of the many town trails they may be less demanding but
are no less interesting. There's a Clock trail and Children's
Town Mouse Trail too. Whitchurch Town Trails have another
advantage - as they take in all the shops and most of the
pubs as well!
There are many splendid buildings including
a fine Queen Anne Church - St Alkmund's, where the heart of
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury,
is buried under the porch his dying request. Shakespeare made
him a principal character in "Henry VI".
For further information on Whitchurch
contact the Whitchurch
Heritage Centre on 01948 664577.
If you would like to visit Whitchurch and need accommodation
and are interested in finding the best hotel,
guest
house, bed
and breakfast or self
catering property, please click here.
Please click the link to view a street
map of Whitchurch town centre
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