Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a town in the county of Shropshire in the heart of England. It counts 12,374 inhabitants ( update 2012) and was the administrative seat of the district of the same resolution 2009.

The medieval town is divided by the River Severn in an upper and lower town, because the right bank about 60 m higher than the left. The River Severn has seen the growth of Bridgnorth from an old strategic crossing place on a busy market town, which is now Bridgnorth. With its old houses and pubs, steep river stages, the Norman castle and the small cable car, it represents a popular destination

Although the Church of St. Leonard goes to Norman Age ( traces of it on the south tower ), but it was almost completely rebuilt in 1861 in neo-Gothic style. Only Originating in the 17th century engraving beam ceiling above the nave was preserved. Interesting are the many old cast-iron plaques. Other attractions in the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway are Brignorth ( this track is the oldest and steepest domestic electric cliff railway in the country) and the Daniels Mill, a water mill.

Bridgnorth is an endpoint of the museum railway Severn Valley Railway Kidderminster after Bridgnorth.