| The fertile Corvedale valley boasts some of the most outstanding landscapes in the county; the dale is covered by a network of streams draining from the Brown Clee into the River Corve. The churches of Tugford and Holdgate have wonderful, rare, carvings of figures called Sheel-na-gigs; squatting women with legs apart. Surrounding the small farming hamlets there are the some of the best preserved medieval corrugated fields. The riches of the Corvedale are displayed in the local shops of Craven Arms, DW Wall and Son sell purebread traditional meat – Longhorn from Culmington, Gloucester Old Spot from Stoke St Milborough, Saddleback, Tamworth, Greyface Dartmoor, Manx Loghtan, White Park... All rare breads sold in Mike Wall's shop. (D.W. Wall & Son, Corvedale Road, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9NL www.wallsbutchers.co.uk For a really delicious dinner visit The Crown Country Inn at Munslow, (01584 84120) our local gourmet pub holder of the AA rosette awards and winner of the Deliciously Shropshire Good Eating Awards restaurant of the year . If you like walking try the Walking for pleasure Corvedale Nos 1,2, & 3 available from the Shropshire Wildlife Trust Tel 01743 284280 or visit the Secret Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms, our local tourism centre which will point you in the right directions for walks in the local area. Ludlow - as described by John Betjeman as ‘England’s finest Town’ - is still very much a working town with various festivals held throughout the year and with the backdrop of one of England’s finest medieval castles offers a great variety of things to do. Some of the annual events include a medieval fayre, open-air Shakespeare productions, a vintage vehicle rally and a wonderful food festival that embraces the local food producers of Shropshire. The market in the centre of town holds monthly antique, local produce, book and craft and garden fairs. | | |
