Craven Arms (population 2,289) is a small town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road as well as the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north as well as south to the bigger communities of Shrewsbury and also Ludlow specifically. The Heart of Wales railway line signs up with the Welsh Marches line at Craven Arms and the town is served by Craven Arms railway station. The community is confined to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as well as to the south is the strengthened manor house of Stokesay Castle. Craven Arms is a market town for the bordering backwoods, with a number of stores, banks, estate representatives, a grocery store, an abattoir as well as many commercial/light industrial companies. It is additionally a site visitor location, being house or close-by to a variety of tourist attractions, as well as being central for visitors to the area of exceptional all-natural charm. It defines itself as the "Gateway to the Marches".
