Shrewsbury
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Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 150 miles (240 km) north-west of London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 76,782.
Image: The Square, Shrewsbury
Image: Shrewsbury Castle Keep
Image: English Bridge Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Castle, built at around 1074 by Roger de Montgomery
A5 road (Great Britain)
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The A5, the London-Holyhead trunk road, is a major road in England and Wales. It runs for about 243 miles (391 km) from London to the Irish Sea at the ferry port of Holyhead. In many parts the route follows that of the Roman Iter II route which later took the Anglo-Saxon name Watling Street.
A5 leaving Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Roman Britain with Watling Street highlighted in red
Marble Arch, London – start of the A5
A5 at Milton Keynes looking north at its junction with the A509