Shropshire's most stylish places revealed - with one making it among UK's top 20
Shrewsbury is the most stylish place to live in Shropshire, according to a new survey
The medieval town, famous for its castle, was the highest rated location in the county in a list of the 60 most stylish places by online store Furniturebox.
In second place in Shropshire was Oswestry, Church Stretton was third, Ironbridge was fourth and Ludlow was fifth.
Locations were ranked according to the beauty of the buildings, the stunning scenery, how ‘Instagrammable’ were the best features and their popularity as a filming location.
Countless film and TV productions have been filmed in Shrewsbury including the ITV mini-series The Ipcress Files.
Furniturebox polled 5,000 people, with panels in each big city and county including Shropshire. Shrewsbury was 18th on the main national list which was won by Grassington in North Yorkshire where the hit TV drama All Creatures Great and Small is filmed.
A tourism hotspot and nestled amongst the rolling Shropshire Hills and just a few miles from the Welsh border, Shrewsbury is popular with visitors.
Charles Darwin once called Shrewsbury home (as a child) and there are so many more nuggets of history to see all across the streets and river, too.
A Furniturebox spokesperson said: “Shrewsbury is the most stylish place to live in Shropshire.
“All 60 places on the list would have been worthy winners and show why the UK is such a stylish country, loved by artists, film-makers and tourists from all over the world.
“What is interesting is how influential Instagram has become in boosting tourism in many of our top 60, particularly around Shropshire It is a massive help for visitor numbers, too, if a popular film or TV show uses a town or village as a location.
“Most of the locations in the top 60 are not the most affluent or fashionable in their localities. It shows that style can be achieved whatever your budget - and that is very true of furniture.”
Furniturebox provides a choice of premium furniture representing value, quality and style with the very best contemporary and modern designs and was founded by former school friends Monty George and Dan Beckles, both aged 26, eight years ago and is already a rival to Dunelm, Habitat and Ikea as one of the UK’s leading furniture brands.
George and Beckles are part of a new breed of ‘Gen Z entrepreneurs’ creating ecommerce businesses worth millions.
By Jules Stenson - Contributor
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