Qualla: Ludlow https://qualla.com/ludlow en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/1/ludlow-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Ludlow https://qualla.com/ludlow Ludlow: Introduction https://qualla.com/ludlow/ Photo credit Peter Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0. Sir John Betjeman called Ludlow the loveliest town in England. He was not the only one. The medieval walled town sits on a small hill above the confluence of the rivers Teme and Corve, crowned by a castle and the parish church of St Laurence's, with streets sloping outward in every direction. There are nearly 500 listed buildings inside the old walls. The 18th-century traveller Daniel Defoe thought it a most pleasant town. The 21st-century Country Life ranks it among the best places to live in Britain. The Mortimer Trail starts here. So, for a time, did the British food revolution.

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/1/ludlow-wp/gcq1-ludlow-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ludlow: The Norman Castle on the Hill https://qualla.com/ludlow/ Photo credit John Chapman, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ludlow began in the late 11th century, after the Norman Conquest, as a planned town huddled around a brand-new castle. Walter de Lacy held the surrounding lands at Domesday in 1086, though the castle and town were still too new to be mentioned by name in the survey. The castle wa...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/1/ludlow-wp/gcq1-ludlow-the-norman-castle-on-the-hill.mp3 0:06 2 full Ludlow: Where a King Found Out He Was King https://qualla.com/ludlow/ Photo credit Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0. In 1472, Edward IV established the Council of Wales and the Marches and made Ludlow Castle its headquarters. He sent his young son Edward, Prince of Wales, to live here as the nominal head of the council - a boy in his castle, learning to govern a country he would one day rule. I...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/1/ludlow-wp/gcq1-ludlow-where-a-king-found-out-he-was-king.mp3 0:06 3 full Ludlow: Arthur, Catherine, and What Might Have Been https://qualla.com/ludlow/ Photo credit William Parks, Public domain. Under Henry VII, Ludlow Castle remained the headquarters of the Council of Wales. In 1501, Arthur Tudor, the eldest son of Henry VII and Prince of Wales, came to live here with his new wife Catherine of Aragon. They had married that November at St Paul's Cathedral in London. They...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/1/ludlow-wp/gcq1-ludlow-arthur-catherine-and-what-might-have-been.mp3 0:06 4 full Ludlow: Half-Timbered Streets https://qualla.com/ludlow/ Photo credit Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0. The medieval grid of Ludlow's streets has survived remarkably intact. From the castle, Castle Square opens onto Broad Street, which descends past the 17th-century Feathers Hotel - one of the most ornate Jacobean half-timbered buildings in England - to the Broad Gate, the only sur...

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/1/ludlow-wp/gcq1-ludlow-half-timbered-streets.mp3 0:06 5 full Ludlow: The Food Town https://qualla.com/ludlow/ Photo credit Hrefordexplorer, CC0. From the late 1990s, something extraordinary happened in Ludlow. The town became a cluster of seriously ambitious restaurants. At one point Ludlow had three Michelin-starred restaurants simultaneously - more per capita than any town in Britain outside the capitals. Shaun Hill's M...

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