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Shropshire Cycleway Shropshire attended by Clive of India. of Clive by attended Telford Cycle Centre. Centre. Cycle Telford Midlands. Four miles south of the town are are town the of south miles Four Midlands. and The Old Free Grammar School (1558), (1558), School Grammar Free Old The and zones, sports facilities, a visitor centre and and centre visitor a facilities, sports zones, Newport is the largest natural lake in the the in lake natural largest the is Newport buildings including St Mary’s Church (1150) (1150) Church Mary’s St including buildings the town with trails, gardens, pools, learning learning pools, gardens, trails, with town the Aqualate Mere, which lies to the east of of east the to lies which Mere, Aqualate in 1245. The town has several interesting interesting several has town The 1245. in Park, a fabulous green haven in the centre of of centre the in haven green fabulous a Park, Newport Nocturne bike race. bike Nocturne Newport first granted its market charter by Henry III III Henry by charter market its granted first The route will take you through Telford Town Town Telford through you take will route The The town hosts the very popular biennial biennial popular very the hosts town The Market Drayton is a bustling market town, town, market bustling a is Drayton Market route through Telford. Telford. through route medieval buildings in a great fire in 1665. 1665. in fire great a in buildings medieval route 55, the Silkin Way to find the best best the find to Way Silkin the 55, route despite the destruction of most of the the of most of destruction the despite and settlements. Follow signs for NCN NCN for signs Follow settlements. and The street layout retains the Norman design design Norman the retains layout street The and merged together several smaller towns towns smaller several together merged and planned as a new town by the Normans. Normans. the by town new a as planned Thomas Telford. It was planned in the 1960s 1960s the in planned was It Telford. Thomas Newport is a small market town which was was which town market small a is Newport Telford is a new town named after engineer engineer after named town new a is Telford Telford Telford village also has a Norman church. Norman a has also village millionaire, politician and land owner. The The owner. land and politician millionaire, 1st Duke of Sutherland, a 19th Century Century 19th a Sutherland, of Duke 1st an 80ft obelisk erected in honour of the the of honour in erected obelisk 80ft an Market Drayton Market look west to spot the Lilleshall Monument, Monument, Lilleshall the spot to west look As you pass through the village of Lilleshall Lilleshall of village the through pass you As Whitchurch’s past. past. Whitchurch’s the attractions in the Ironbridge area. Ironbridge the in attractions the the clocks and other notable stories from from stories notable other and clocks the World Cup campaign. Cup World www.ironbridge.org.uk for details of of details for Visit ⌘Heritage Centre for exhibitions about about exhibitions for Centre ⌘Heritage here for two weeks prior to their successful successful their to prior weeks two for here the town’s famous timepieces. Visit the the Visit timepieces. famous town’s the a traffic-free section of the route. route. the of section traffic-free a The 1966 England football team trained trained team football England 1966 The town clock trail explores the history of of history the explores trail clock town stop, the gorge is a beautiful place to enjoy enjoy to place beautiful a is gorge the stop, the home of the National Sports Centre. Centre. Sports National the of home the been exported all over the world and the the and world the over all exported been Newport and Lilleshall and Newport heritage. Even if you don’t have time to to time have don’t you if Even heritage. are open to the public. Lilleshall Hall is now now is Hall Lilleshall public. the to open are Shropshire. Local J B Joyce clocks have have clocks Joyce B J Local Shropshire. exploring Shropshire’s unique industrial industrial unique Shropshire’s exploring ruins are managed by English Heritage and and Heritage English by managed are ruins walking trails and yurts. and trails walking oldest continually inhabited community in in community inhabited continually oldest cycling and spend a couple of days days of couple a spend and cycling abbey founded in the 12th Century. The The Century. 12th the in founded abbey ride and offers a farm shop, restaurant and and restaurant shop, farm a offers and ride The historic town of Whitchurch is the the is Whitchurch of town historic The It’s a fabulous place to take a break from from break a take to place fabulous a It’s the ruins of Lilleshall Abbey, an Augustinian Augustinian an Abbey, Lilleshall of ruins the Whitchurch to stop for a break or overnight stay on your your on stay overnight or break a for stop to tollhouse. tollhouse. organic for over 65 years. It’s a nice place place nice a It’s years. 65 over for organic Gorge and the stunning Ironbridge and its its and Ironbridge stunning the and Gorge community-owned farm. The farm has been been has farm The farm. community-owned Hill Victorian Town, The Museum of the the of Museum The Town, Victorian Hill of Market Drayton, is now England’s first first England’s now is Drayton, Market of museums in the gorge including Blist’s Blist’s including gorge the in museums 2006, Fordhall Organic Farm to the west west the to Farm Organic Fordhall 2006, Heritage Site. There are ⌘ten award winning winning award ⌘ten are There Site. Heritage After being saved from development in in development from saved being After industrial revolution, is a UNESCO World World UNESCO a is revolution, industrial the vaults of a bank! a of vaults the Ironbridge Gorge, the birthplace of the the of birthplace the Gorge, Ironbridge with a 200 year old recipe still kept locked in in locked kept still recipe old year 200 a with Ironbridge and claims to be the home of gingerbread, gingerbread, of home the be to claims and gov.uk. The town has a long history of ginger trade trade ginger of history long a has town The Tel: 01952 384000 Email: highways@telford. Email: 384000 01952 Tel: THE NORTH-EAST THE IN HIGHLIGHTS www.telford.gov.uk www.telford.gov.uk and Wrekin Council Council Wrekin and Telford and Wrekin, available from Telford Telford from available Wrekin, and Telford Shropshire Cycleway Shropshire Telford see the Walking and Cycling map of of map Cycling and Walking the see Telford For a detailed map of cycle routes through through routes cycle of map detailed a For Visitor information in north-east Shropshire Whitchurch Visitor Information Centre, 12 St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch, SY13 1QY Tel: 01948 664577 Email: [email protected] Market Drayton Visitor Information Centre, 49 Cheshire Street, Market Drayton, TF9 1PH Tel: 01630 653114 Email: [email protected] www.northshropshire.co.uk , 3 Guildhall, High Street, Newport TF10 7AR Shropshire Cycleway Newport Tourist Information Point Email: [email protected] Telford Visitor Information, Telford Shopping Centre, Telford, TF3 4BX NORTH-EAST: Tel: 01952 230032 Email: [email protected] Wrekin Ironbridge Visitor Information Centre, Museum of the Gorge, The Wharfage, Ironbridge, The north-east of Shropshire is a very pleasant, fairly flat TF8 7DQ. Tel: 01952 433424 Email: [email protected] www.ironbridge.org.uk area to cycle. Explore rolling pastoral countryside, canals Mainline railway stations: Whitchurch, Oakengates, Telford and historic market towns. NCN route 55 provides a traffic- Find more cycling routes free route through the centre of Telford, Shropshire’s only new town. It continues down to the River Severn and to Visit www.travelshropshire.co.uk/cycle for details of cycle routes across Shropshire including the award-winning National Cycle Network; to download or order free cycle leaflets; or to use the fascinating birthplace of the industrial revolution in the the online cycle journey planner. Ironbridge Gorge Cycle shops in north-east Shropshire Cycle hire Cycle repairs Colour Supplies Mobile bike mechanics 1 Mill Street, Whitchurch, SY13 1SE 01948 665353 www.coloursupplies.com/bikes Bicycle Smart Newport 07528 785844 Wheelbase www.pjcyclerepairs.co.uk 21 Watergate, Whitchurch, SY13 1DP Go Cycling 01948 663323 07950 397335 www.gocycling-shropshire.com Nova Cycles 2 The Square, Newport, TF10 7AG. Cycle Tech Shrewsbury 01952 825952 Stapleton 07712 183148 www.novacycles.co.uk www.cycletechshrewsbury.co.uk Telford Cycle Centre Bicycle Repair Services Visitor Centre, Telford Town Park, Telford, Broseley 07539 268741 TF3 4EP. 0845 434 8451 www.bicyclerepairservices.co.uk www.cycleexperience.com/telfordcyclecentre PJ Cycle Repairs Condover 07722 530531 BicycleBuzz Ltd. www.bicyclesmart.co.uk Unit 29, St. Georges Road Ind Est. Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, TF2 7QZ Cycling holidays 01952 605213 www.bicyclebuzz.co.uk Busters Holiday Cycle Hire Flat 1, The Coach House, Woodcote Hall, Bicycles By Design Fusion, Church Road, Jackfield, Ironbridge Woodcote, Newport, TF10 9BW Gorge, TF8 7AP 01952 459900 07858 633874 www.bicycles-by-design.co.uk [email protected] This leaflet ©Shropshire Council 2015. Part funded by the Department for Transport Leaflet edition: SCW1-1a/Feb 2015 • Designed by MA Creative Limited www.macreative.co.uk B5395 A41 A49 Route 45 NORTH-EAST: Wrekin Mercian Way Shropshire Cycleway Whitchurch Blaketo Mere Chester A525 B5398 0 1 2 3 Kilometres NORTH Pan Castle A539 0 1 2 Miles
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