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Dist:0.1km<br/>The B4380 looking towards Atchem,much quieter nowadays!
©Paul Beaman
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©Row17
Dist:0.3km<br/>You wouldn't want to bump into him on a dark night, but soon Dewi the Dragon will be moving to his permanent home at Harlech in north Wales. The national flag of Wales does, of course, have a large dragon, and Dewi Sant (Saint David) is the Patron Saint of Wales. So it is very appropriate that this large steel sculpture, commissioned by Salop Leisure, should be going to a permanent home in Wales. [[2306072]]. [[2306084]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>The plaque gives some details of the construction of the steel sculpture. The artist was Anthony "Fred" Peacock of Marche Studios of Ford, near Shrewsbury. [[2306072]]. [[2306105]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>This magnificent Welsh Dragon was commissioned by Salop Leisure. See:- [[2306043]]. It is temporarily residing at their HQ, on part of the extended car park. It is due to move to Wales later in 2011, when it will make its permanent home on the Cambrian Coast. Its role will be to guard the entrance to the five-star Min-y-Don Holiday Home and Touring Park, which nestles below the famous Harlech Castle. The metal dragon is 16ft long, 11ft high and 10ft wide. See also:- [[2306084]]. [[2306105]].
©P L Chadwick
Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking towards Emstrey
©Paul Beaman
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©John Firth
Dist:0.3km<br/>Salop Leisure sell mobile homes and static caravans and are a very well established local company. The gate guardian here at their newish HQ is this magnificent eagle statue. With the backdrop of the Wrekin, a high young moon and a blue winter sky he looks almost real. His stand though looks a bit jarring to my eye. I think he needs to be displayed indoors by cables. Would any legal firms be interested? For their foyer / lobby etc. Legal eagles and all that... but I bet he weighs many kilos.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.3km<br/>This Golden Eagle statue is pretty stunning - but his stand looks wrong. I don't feel that it is keeping with the bird to have a stand - cables or wires maybe would be better, as after all he is in flight.....
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.3km<br/>At first sight you could think this was a health & fitness centre, except that there are an awful lot of caravans and mobile homes around. In fact it is caravans, mobile homes, and the like, that the company sells. They moved to this new site, accessed from the B4380 (Emstrey Bank) in 2006, having been at Meole Brace in Shrewsbury since 1966, when they were known as Salop Caravans. Salop is the old name often used for Shropshire, but it was dropped some years ago by the County Council and in many other contexts. The word caused some embarrassment in the European Parliament, because it is an impolite term in French. This is rather ironic, as the abbreviation Salop derives from the Anglo-French "Salopesberia".
©P L Chadwick
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©John Firth
Dist:0.4km<br/>Cast-iron milepost on the old A5 coach road from London to Holyhead.
©Richard Law
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©Row17
Dist:0.4km<br/>Ahead is Emstrey roundabout, an unnecessary interruption to the ring road's flow. Connections to local roads from the east should have been made at Weeping Cross, a grade-separated junction a short distance west, with the B4380 carried over the ring road on a simple bridge at this point.
©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.4km<br/>The detail of the milepost is visible in [[1720321]].
©Richard Law

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