Craven Arms
Craven Arms (population 2,289) is a town as well as civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north as well as southern to the larger 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 town is enclosed to the north by the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and also to the south is the fortified manor house of Stokesay Castle. Craven Arms is a market community for the surrounding backwoods, with a number of stores, banks, estate representatives, a supermarket, an abattoir and also numerous commercial/light commercial companies. It is also a visitor location, being house or close-by to a number of destinations, as well as being main for visitors to the location of superior natural elegance. It defines itself as the "Gateway to the Marches".