Perhaps that’s something that makes it unique?

The county town of Shrewsbury is ancient – it’s full of  Tudor buildings and tiny dark passages.You certainly learn how to create your own entertainment when the nearest city is over an hour away..

Shrewsbury’s library is a converted public school, its railway station sits in the shadow of the castle which dates back to around 1050.

If you’re after a modern experience, travel to nearby Telford, it is a new town of offices and shopping malls that sits alongside the Ironbridge Gorge, regarded as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Shropshire – the world’s first skyscraper.

The Ditherington Flax Mill in Shrewsbury was the first iron-framed building in the entire world, giving it the title ‘the grandfather of all skyscrapers’.

Built in 1796, this Grade I listed building is known locally as The Maltings after its later and better known use.

Do you remember endless school trips to Blists Hill?

Everyone who went to school in Shropshire will have been taken to Blists Hill Victorian Town (home of the BBC’s ‘Victorian Pharmacy‘) .

And then there was Acton Scott, home of the ‘Victorian Farm‘ TV programme.

Basically, if the BBC wants a Victorian background, they come to Shropshire.

History is everywhere and Darwin rules all.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that history only exists if it can be connected in some way to Charles Darwin, especially true in Shrewsbury.

Born and brought up in the town, Darwin’s legacy sits in everything from the shopping centre that bears his name to Quantum Leap, the sculpture that commemorates the Shrewsbury’s most famous man.

Summer officially ends when the last firework falls at the Shrewsbury Flower Show.

As the crowds make their way out of the Quarry at the end of the last day of the Flower Show in August, the most common thing you’ll overhear is ‘soon be Christmas!’

If you’ve been brought up in Shropshire, you’ll have an opinion on how to pronounce Shrewsbury – and other people will keep telling you you’re wrong.

Is it ‘Shrews-briy’ or ‘Shrowz-burry’ or even ‘Shoes-brie’.

Shropshire is full of art and culture.

The standard of the local art scene will come as a surprise to some.

There are galleries everywhere  – check out Twenty Twenty in Much Wenlock and The Qube in Oswestry.

We have renowned tattooists and brilliant foodies too.

Shropshire in Middle Earth.

The Wrekin hill is one of Shropshire’s most recognisable landmarks.

Alongside the countryside around it, the hill is believed to have been an influence on Tolkien’s fictional landscape.

Find our more about Shropshire here.