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Bookmark or Share- Church Stretton - WikipediaChurch Stretton is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, 13 miles (21 km) south of Shrewsbury and 15 miles (24 km) north of Ludlow.The population in 2011 was 4,671. [1]The town was nicknamed Little Switzerland in the late Victorian and Edwardian period for its landscape, and became a health resort. [2] The local geology includes some of the oldest rocks in England and a ...
- Church Stretton - Visit ShropshireChurch Stretton. Church Stretton is a small historic market town in the heart of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. It sits below the heather-clad upland plateau of the Long Mynd in a picturesque valley. It has two Local Nature Reserves immediately adjacent to the town centre, covering some 200 acres, one on the valley floor with an ...
- Church Stretton - Shropshire Tourism & Leisure GuideChurch Stretton itself is a bustling market town which holds regular markets and includes many independent shops to browse, town trails to follow and tea shops to enjoy. You’ll also find good country pubs serving great food and ale in the surrounding picturesque villages.
- Homepage - Church StrettonThis is Church Stretton. Church Stretton is a historic Market Town situated in the heart of the South Shropshire hills on the English/Welsh border known as The Marches. It is the only town in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The area is renowned worldwide for its geology, with some of the oldest rock formations in existence.
- Church Stretton – Travel guide at WikivoyageChurch Stretton is the largest of three settlements in the neighbourhood which bear the name "Stretton", the others being All Stretton and Little Stretton.The word "Stretton" means "settlement on a Roman Road" in Old English. The Roman road in question is the famous Watling Street, which linked the cross-Channel ports of Kent, via Londinium to Viroconium.
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