Landscapes and the Natural World

Welcome to the Landscapes and the Natural World section of the Discovering Shropshire’s History website. Here you will find the searchable database of the Shropshire County Museums Service.

You will also find information about the important and varied geology of Shropshire. The County Museums Service holds 35,000 geology specimens, including a particularly impressive fossil collection. There are also Geology maps showing the different rock formations of Shropshire

From here you can also access pages on the flora and fauna of Shropshire giving details of the varieties of wildlife that can and have been seen in the county.

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Shropshire County Council Museum Service

This website will help you find out what museums in Shropshire have to offer and give you access to and information about Shropshire's fascinating natural and human history.

Shropshire's Geology Collection

Wecome to Shropshire's geology collections homepage. There are several museums with geological displays throughout the county. These include Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock and many of these have collections behind the scenes.

Shropshire's Fauna Collection

The County museum service collections are an excellent record of the fauna found in Shropshire. Shropshire has a huge variety of wildlife. The diversity of geography and geology in the county make for fertile breeding grounds for numerous species. This v

Shropshire's Flora Collection

Shropshire has a huge variety of wildlife. There are upland heather moors and fertile lowlands networked with hedgerows. The river Severn snaking its way through the county is home to a large variety of animals and plants, as is a wonderful wetland comple

Shrewsbury Museums Service

Shrewsbury Museums Service is part of Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council. It has three museum buildings:- Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (closed during most of 2007) Shrewsbury Castle (contains the Shropshire Regimental Museum and other displays) Col