My Hometown — Church Stretton

I moved from London to Church Stretton twenty-five years ago. Another couple of decades and I may soon be considered a local! Church Stretton lies in the English county of Shropshire. Now, many UK residents struggle to pinpoint Shropshire on a map. When I told work colleagues in London I was moving to Shropshire, the first words most of them said was, “Where’s that?” So I gave them directions: take the M25 London Orbital, head up the M1, turn left onto the M6, go through Birmingham, then just after Wolverhampton, turn left again onto the M54. When the M54 runs out, you’re in Shropshire. (Actually, part of the M54 is in Shropshire, so I can’t say Shropshire has no motorway, but unlike the eight-lane M25, and the six-to-eight lane M6, the M54 is only four lanes . . . in other words, a glorified dual carriageway). <a href="https://medium.com/globetrotters/my-hometown-church-stretton-a5059f23894f">Visit Now</a>