The Marches Today
● Chester ● Shrewsbury ● Oswestry ● Ludlow ● Hereford ● Gloucester Wrexham ● Welshpool ● Monmouth ● Map illustrating the traditional counties considered to form the "Welsh Marches"There is no modern legal or official definition of the extent of the Welsh Marches. However, it is a term still commonly used to describe, in particular, those parts of the English counties which lie along the border with Wales, particularly Shropshire and Herefordshire.
The Marches Way is a long distance footpath which connects Chester in the north, via Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Leominster, and Abergavenny to Cardiff in South Wales.
The Welsh Marches Line is a railway line from Newport in South Wales to Shrewsbury, via Abergavenny, Hereford, and Craven Arms.
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