Shrewsbury Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Bus & tram

Bus

National Express has two direct buses to London (£16.50, 4½ hours) and two more via Birmingham (£16.50, five hours). Bus 96 serves Ironbridge (30 minutes) every second hour Monday to Saturday. Bus 435 travels to Ludlow (1¼ hours) via Church Stretton (45 minutes) eight times daily and bus 553 heads to Bishop’s Castle (one hour) 10 times daily.

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Train

There are no direct trains connecting Shrewsbury and London – you must change at Wolverhampton (£38.70, 2½ to three hours). There are twice-hourly trains to Ludlow (£7.70, 30 minutes).

Shrewsbury is a popular starting point for two scenic routes into Wales: one loop takes in Shrewsbury, northern Wales and Chester; the other, Heart of Wales Line (0870 9000 772; www.heart-of-wales.co.uk), runs southwest to Swansea (£20, 3¾ hours, four daily).

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