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Bridgnorth is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. History. The ruins of Bridgnorth Castle.
Your destination guide for Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock and the Severn Valley. This guide covers the Shropshire towns of Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Shifnal, Highley, Albrighton and Broseley. Click on the images below to visit each destination:
Bridgnorth was once one of the busiest river ports in Europe, but nowadays, the Severn, clear and unpolluted, is a quiet haven for anglers, walkers and wildlife. The river divides the town into High Town and Low Town, the two being linked by seven sets of ancient donkey steps and a Victorian funicular, the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway.
- Bridgnorth Cliff Railway
- Bridgnorth Castle
- Dudmaston Estate
- Upton Cressett Hall
- Daniels Mill
- Bridgnorth Town Hall
- St Leonard’s Church
- St Mary’s Church
- Northgate Museum
- Severn Valley Railway
Linking the Low Town on the Severn with the High Town and castle, the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway is believed to hold a few records. This is the oldest, shortest and steepest electric funicular railway in the country, shuttling up and down the vertiginous sandstone cliffs. The gradient has a maximum steepness of 64%, while the line is little more than...
In neat gardens atop the hill you’ll discover the twisted remains of Bridgnorth Castle. The castle goes back to 1101, while the main surviving fragment, the square great tower, was raised in the second half of the 12th century during the reign of Henry II. In the English Civil War Bridgnorth was a key Royalist stronghold, holding many troops in 164...
In the Wolryche or the Wolryche-Whitmore family since 1403, the Dudmaston Estate is a National Trust property composed of a 17th-century William and Mary house and 3,000 acres of gardens, woodland and parkland. Still occupied by a branch of the Wolryche-Whitmores, the house is open April to September when you can look around a few rooms enriched wi...
In remote countryside four miles west of Bridgnorth’s High Town, Upton Cressett Hall is another splendid country house. This Elizabethan manor was built for the Cressett family between 1540 and 1580. They remained here for 200 years after which the hall became a farmhouse and went into a slow decline. It was bought by the MP for Stone, Sir William ...
In a very idyllic location, Daniels Mill is a working water mill. This has the largest waterwheel powering a corn mill and still functioning in the country today. The facility’s roots reach back to the late 15th century, and has been adapted over time. The current whitewashed buildings are mostly from the 1700s and are bedded in a tight wooded vall...
Unavoidable on Bridgnorth’s charming High Street is the half-timbered Town Hall, built in 1650 and resting on an arcaded brick base. The space underneath the Town Hall was for the public wool market and still hosts Bridgnorth’s weekly Charter Market. You can go inside this monument all year. In summer it is open every day except Thursday while the ...
When you contemplate Bridgnorth’s High Town from the east bank of the Severn, two churches stand out across the river. One of these is the redundant St Leonard’s Church, which is made from the local red sandstone and has stood here since the 12th century, integrating hidden stonework from much older Anglo-Saxon and Norman buildings. St Leonard’s ha...
Completed in 1795, this Renaissance Revival church was designed by Thomas Telford, a Scottish architect and civil engineer. His contribution to Shropshire’s early industrial infrastructure was so great that a whole new town was named after him in 1968 (Telford). The current St Mary’s was constructed over a Medieval church and is a Grade II* monumen...
Even if it has changed a lot since Medieval times, Northgate is the last of the five gates that controlled the way into Bridgnorth. This structure was rebuilt in brick in the 1740s and was then embattled and clad with rusticated sandstone in the 1910s. The free museum inside was set up in 1951 and can be visited on weekends, bank holidays and Wedne...
Bridgnorth is the northern terminus for a romantic steam railway coursing through the Severn Valley for 16 miles. One of the best-loved heritage lines in the UK, the Severn Valley Railway was laid between 1858 and 1862, calling at historic stations and crossing the valley over viaducts and monumental bridges like the Victoria Bridge, which was Brit...
- Carly F. 1 contribution. Walking with Alpacas! Well, what can we say?! Visited here during a long weekend away in Shropshire and what a truly amazing experience it was.
- Jayne K. 9 contributions. Delightful Dudmaston Hall. Lovely National Trust property. House ( still occupied and very much a family home), interesting 'fusion' of history and also modern art gallery and fan exhibition.
- AlexLeamas. London, UK22 contributions. Wonderful visit. A wonderful experience. I was quite taken by Lady Laura who was a delightful host. My only disappointment was she is married to the bounder Cash.
- tony2. Cheadle, UK13 contributions. Small and pretty. Small and pretty park next to ruined castle. We went on a hot, sunny day and there were many benches: one in the sun, others in the shade.
Bridgnorth sits high on a sandstone cliff with spectacular views of the Severn Valley. The town is divided in two – a high town and low town. There are caves, a castle, a cliff railway, a civil war and catastrophes that all had a bearing on the beautiful town you see today.
Divided by England's longest river, the River Severn, Bridgnorth is a town of two halves, High Town, the oldest part of Bridgnorth, sits atop the red sandstone cliffs around the early castles and forts. Low Town lies mostly on the opposite bank of the river, and is much younger in age.
