Shrewsbury is one of the UK's most unspoiled medieval towns. With over 600 listed buildings, many of which date back more than 500 years, it is the perfect place to enjoy exploring history.
Our Shrewsbury app features over 300 places of historic interest spanning more than 1200 years.
Professional heritage information at your fingertips.
Backed up by hundreds of scholarly references to archaeological and historical data.
The main screen is a map with markers.
Zoom in, find markers near you and click to see what's around.
You can also search sites by historical period, and within those periods.
So for example you can find every part of the town walls by searching for 'walls' in the medieval period.
All search results are listed nearest to furthest from your current location.
You can also search all sites.
So you could look for 'town walls' here too. Or search for anything else!
All search results are listed nearest to furthest from your current location.
Overview of Shrewsbury's history
Full list of over 250 references used to compile the data
Glossary of key architectural, historical and archaeological terms
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