Craven Arms
Craven Arms (population 2,289) is a village as well as civil church in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road as well as the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger communities of Shrewsbury and also Ludlow respectively. The Heart of Wales railway line joins the Welsh Marches line at Craven Arms and also the town is offered by Craven Arms train station. The community is enclosed to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and also to the south is the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle. Craven Arms is a market community for the bordering backwoods, with a number of shops, financial institutions, estate agents, a supermarket, an abattoir and lots of commercial/light commercial services. It is also a site visitor location, being home or neighboring to a variety of destinations, and also being central for site visitors to the area of superior natural beauty. It defines itself as the "Gateway to the Marches".