Craven Arms
Craven Arms (population 2,289) is a village and civil church in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road as well as the Welsh Marches railway line, which connect it north and also south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. 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, as well as to the south is the strengthened manor house of Stokesay Castle. Craven Arms is a market town for the surrounding backwoods, with a number of shops, banks, estate agents, a grocery store, an abattoir and many commercial/light industrial services. It is also a site visitor location, being home or neighboring to a number of tourist attractions, as well as being main for site visitors to the location of superior all-natural appeal. It describes itself as the "Gateway to the Marches".
