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Other sightBridge
English Bridge
Masonry arch bridge over the Severn, John Gwynn's 1774 design rebuilt and widened in 1926.
Outdoor
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Attractions in Shrewsbury
12 places from our Shrewsbury guide, from Shrewsbury town centre. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.
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Attractions
Attractions in Shrewsbury
12 places
Each dot is a place in the list below. Scroll with the page; click or focus the map to zoom with the wheel.
Other sight
Other sightCinema and arts venue
Old Market Hall
Grade I listed Elizabethan market hall in the Square, now a cinema and arts venue.
Indoor
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Other sightSculpture
Quantum Leap
Riverside sculpture unveiled in 2009 for the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, who was born in the town.
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Cathedral or churchAbbey church
Shrewsbury Abbey
Benedictine abbey founded in 1083 by Roger de Montgomery; its nave survives as the parish church.
Indoor
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
CastleCastle
Shrewsbury Castle
Grade I listed red sandstone castle above the station; the grounds are free. Closed from 13 December until February half term 2027.
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Other sightHistoric building
Shrewsbury Library
Grade I listed building that housed Shrewsbury School from 1550 to 1882, now the town library.
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
MuseumMuseum
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
Indoor
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Other sightHistoric prison
Shrewsbury Prison
Victorian prison beside the station, closed in 2013 and now open for tours, ghost tours and escape rooms.
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Cathedral or church
Cathedral or church
Park or naturePark
The Quarry
Grade II listed 29-acre park created in 1719, within easy walking distance of the town centre.
Outdoor
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
Other sightBridge
Welsh Bridge
Bridge built in 1793-1795 linking Frankwell with the town centre across the Severn.
Outdoor
- Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury
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By area
Things to do by area in Shrewsbury
Each link opens the area guide with the full descriptions, photos and directions.
More about Shrewsbury: the Shrewsbury guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.
Other destinations
- London254
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- Bath45
- Birmingham44
- Blackpool and the Lancashire coast28
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- Bristol67
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- Cambridge57
- Cardiff46
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- The Cotswolds50
- Coventry13
- Devon98
- Edinburgh109
- Glasgow87
- Gloucester13
- Hereford13
- The Scottish Highlands81
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- The Lake District81
- Leeds46
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- Lindisfarne (Holy Island)23
- Liverpool109
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- Manchester98
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- North Coast 50026
- Northern Ireland82
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- Orkney62
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- St Andrews and Fife58
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- Stratford & Warwickshire36
- Wales95
- Windsor18
- Worcester12
- York58
- Yorkshire82
How the flags work
What we show, and what we leave out
Every flag below comes from a source you can open. Where we hold no report, the list says "not stated" or shows nothing: it does not guess. Check the venue before you travel, because prices, hours and booking rules change.
- Type. Our own grouping of each place's kind in our destination guides (for example museum, castle or garden). It is a filter, not a rating.
- Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on 25 Oct 2026. 0 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 12 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
- Booking. We have not yet read a venue page that advises booking for these places, so there is no booking filter. Check each official site.
- Step-free. Reported status only, from OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue's own access page: 0 places have a step-free or partly step-free report. The step-free filter hides places with no report; that does not mean they are not accessible. Contact the venue.
- Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (5 indoor, 0 partly covered, 3 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
- Family-friendly. Places marked family-friendly in our guides (0 so far).
- Nearest to me. Straight-line distance from the position your device reports when you choose it. The position stays in your browser.
- Saved on this device. Places you have saved with the heart. They are kept in this browser only, and appear in My trip.
Sources
- Our destination guides: the places, descriptions and positions come from their "Things to do" pages, which link each venue's official site.
- Venue websites, read on 25 Oct 2026 for free-entry, admission-price and booking wording. Each flag and the words behind it: flag sources.
- OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
- Our free things guide, which lists places whose own websites say entry is free.