Sights in Ludlow
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Castle
The town's crowning jewel is its splendid Castle, which snags an ideal defensive location atop a cliff above the river's elbow. One of a line of fortifications built along the Marches to ward off the marauding Welsh, it is now a great castle for hide-and-seek, with myriad nooks, ruined rooms and mysterious stairwells. The sturdy Norman keep was built around 1090 and has wonderful views.
The castle was transformed into a 14th-century palace by the notorious Roger Mortimer, who was instrumental in the grisly death of Edward II. The round chapel in the inner bailey was built in 1120 and is one of few surviving.
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Church of St Laurence
One of the largest parish churches in Britain, the church of St Laurence contains grand Elizabethan alabaster tombs and some delightfully cheeky medieval misericords carved into its medieval choir stalls, including a beer-swilling chap raiding his barrel. Climb the tower (£3) for stunning views of town and countryside.
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Museum
There's a small back-to-front museum on the town and surrounding area here.
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Ludlow Castle
Perched in an ideal defensive location atop a cliff above a crook in the river, the town castle was built to ward off the marauding Welsh – or to enforce the English expansion into Wales, according to those west of the border. Founded after the Norman conquest, the castle was dramatically expanded in the 14th century by the notorious Roger Mortimer, the first Earl of March, who conspired to cause the grisly death of Edward II and was the de facto ruler of England for three years (before getting his comeuppance at the hands of Edward III).
Despite the passing centuries, the ruins are in impressive shape, with a tangle of secret passageways, ruined rooms and time-worn stai…
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