Craven Arms
Craven Arms (population 2,289) is a village as well as civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and southern to the bigger towns of Shrewsbury as well as Ludlow respectively. The Heart of Wales railway line joins the Welsh Marches line at Craven Arms as well as the community is offered by Craven Arms train station. The town 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 shops, banks, estate representatives, a grocery store, an abattoir as well as lots of commercial/light industrial organisations. It is also a visitor location, being house or close-by to a variety of attractions, and being central for visitors to the area of superior natural beauty. It defines itself as the "Gateway to the Marches".