website www.cycleshrewsbury.gov.uk orcall01743253008. other leafletsintheCycle series,please visitthe member to get loads of great benefits, or to find out about the Find aboutmore aboutCycleShrewsbury, how to sign up as a Cycle Shrewsbury of theirassociationwiththeShropshire &DistrictLeague. defeatedOswestry Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Town FootballClub STFC’sground hosted51games firstoverits3 year history. Thesewere mainlyfriendly 3,000 gameshere andhadmanyhighlightsincludingwinningthe Welsh Cup5times, games astheclubhadnotyet joinedanorganised league. The firstevergameatthe 47 gameswere playedwhich atthisground saw Town’s shorteststayandtheend Town spent97years atthemostrevered grounds. ofitsformer They played over football leaguepromotionsandspending10years intheoldseconddivision. Racecourse Ground, Monkmoor1886-1889 ground wasground against Wellington won 5:2. on 16October1886;Shrewsbury This is Town’s current, stateoftheart, stadium. against The firstgame was a4:0victory United 6:1inthefirstmatch played here. Thesiteisnow allotments 15 seasonsandover 300gameshere, sides manyagainsttheMidlands’topreserve the &DistrictLeaguestartedin1890.Highlightsincludea18:0winover This move coincidedwith Town’s League. stepupintotheBirmingham They played such as Aston Villa and Wolves. In1910theyreached thefirstroundof FA cup. A-Line All Starson17July2007, Highlightstodatehave included hostingEngland The fourseasonshere saw Town playintheirfirsteverorganised league– Barracks Ground, Copthorne1895-1910 Wellington 1890. inFebruary Town played 44gamesat Ambler’s Field. International gamesatunder19levelandtheEngland women’sInternational side. Gay Meadow1910-2007 Sutton Lane1893-1895 Prostar Stadium2007-present Ambler’s Field 1889-1893 .

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T E R L Shrewsbury Town FC T E S Racecourse Ground E A C Castlefields Copthorne Barracks T A458 ST Footbridge IA R VICT O AV 1 Turn left out of the Prostar Stadium onto Oteley Road; Railway Station O A D URSE R E R O A D CO O W M E COPTH O R N E R T CE C R E RA E P CR home to Shrewsbury Town since 2007. WELSH R OW O T M S ER R BRIDGE E D R OA T

H Y Porthill L I L A L Footbridge E D W W 2 Turn right at Island onto Hazeldine Way. L A O Y R Gay Meadow L O E D H A L D D G O E R R F I D A E O D VI A E R Turn left onto Sutton Lane past the location of the football W O O B V I D 3 E L R E L ENGLISH B I L W BRIDGE ground from 1893 to1895. T H Y AB R T L E BE P O O C O P Y F W OR N EG W AT 4 Take left fork over bridge onto Betton Street. A L L S E D KINGSLAND Greyfriars A O R Shrewsbury TOLL BRIDGE Footbridge O R O L D 5 Turn right onto Old Coleham. K M

O School B P Y O A E O A E T T W R N T U T K B O S C V N O D R B W C S Y A A D E T A A T E 6 Turn right and go under railway bridge. Cross Old O O L E Y H R E R L R D L R A N E E K L A T I N G S V L E S D U T T E E T T Potts Way at Asda and turn left on cycle track towards G R O D AR B IN C A DE IT S R O N Y

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A T U H Y O O T R H R T A A N O V R V E D N W N L A E Y O Cross the road by the Wildlife Trust and go left under E C L 7 L B4380 D K K A D A RO N G O A R Sutton LaneD E N A O D L H railway bridge. C A T I D O A R R O P D R A

O N R 8 Turn right to the site of Gay Meadow, STFC’s ground R E O O G D T N Cemetery Y U A A D T R T W 1920-2007. R A G O O N U O M R T On quiet roads A Y S T D U N R A S W R O O F E 9 Retrace route to the corner by Abbey Hardware. Keep left past A E D I N R Municipal D On cycle track Roman Road E L the Abbey. H Golf Course Z E Sports Centre H A Turn left onto Holywell. Continue along Underdale Road. !

D A O Turn right onto Tankerville Street. R # N O T T U $ Cross Monkmoor road onto Racecourse Avenue, site of the S B4380 Racecourse Ground, 1886-1889. Prostar Stadium % Retrace route to Underdale Road. The site of Ambler’s Field, D

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& Go straight over Underdale Road onto Castle Walk. FO bu ReturnE to Woodfield Road and turn right.

ER ( Cross footbridge and turn left, left again, then right, following signs to Route 81 - BranchH right at Woodfield Avenue, signed Route 81. to join riverside path. bm Cross Shelton Road using crossing and turn left on cycle track. ) Follow riverside path through The Quarry and cross Porthill Bridge. bn Follow Shelton Road/Roman Road back to Meole Brace Island. * Cross Porthill Road and turn right onto Pengwern Road, signed Route81. bo Use underpass to cross Roman Road and retrace steps to Prostar Stadium. + Turn left onto Woodfield Road. , Turn right at the mini roundabout onto Porthill Drive. Copthorne Drive on your See back page for more detailed information on the right was the site of the Barracks Ground 1895-1910. history of Shrewsbury Town’s football grounds.