Shropshire (Slow Travel)

Shropshire Slow travel guide. Insider insights and holiday tips on everything from the best local pubs and markets to Shrewsbury highlights. Also features UNESCO-listed Ironbridge Gorge, Offa's Dyke, Severn Valley, Shropshire Hills, The Wrekin, Wenlock Edge, Ludlow, Telford, Welsh Marches, walking and cycling routes, castles and historical sites.

Marie Kreft (mariekreft.co.uk) is the author of all three editions of Bradt's Shropshire (Slow Travel). She is a winner of the Bradt/Independent on Sunday travel-writing competition and has been published in several national titles, including BBC Countryfile magazine, the Independent and National Geographic Food. She has long favoured Slow travel; her most memorable journey was from Singapore to the UK via tuktuk, train, bus and the occasional pick-up truck. She lives in south Birmingham, a short hop from Shropshire, which she and her young family consider their happy place for exploring at weekends.