Wem Books

This slim-line pocket-sized walking guide is perfect to help you explore Shropshire. It includes useful information such as local footpath signage, countryside access, walking tips, and safety guidelines. Special features include an introductory location map to indicate the starting point of each walk; a summary of distance, time, gradient, level of difficulty, type of surface and access, landscape, dog friendliness, parking and public toilets of each walk; places to visit along the way; refreshment information; and a "what to look for" panel featuring more specific details of urban and industrial heritage, flora and fauna.

A guide to every settlement in Shropshire, looking at places of interest, famous people and everything you'd need to know. The book is a hardback so too big to take with you, but perfect for planning your day out and about investigating the countryside.

Maps covering the areas of Market Drayton, Oswestry, Whitchurch and Wem.

This book looks at many interesting place names in the UK. From Start near Kingsbridge in Devon to World's End in Suffolk, from God's Blessing Green in Dorset to Hell Corner in Berkshire, and from Weeford in Staffordshire to Pratt's Bottom in Kent, there are countless opportunities for exercising a wayward imagination.

The discovery of papers from the Garbet family of Wem in Shropshire, from the 18th Century, have thrown the spotlight on, not only the life of the noted Shropshire historian Samuel Garbet, but also upon the day to day life of the small town of Wem. This book contains unique street maps of the town of Wem and information about these wonderful finds.

This is a report looking at the sand gravel resources around Wem. It contains a report and 1: 25 000 scale resource map.

A volume of old Ordnance Survey maps of Shropshire, including the Wem area. The maps date back to 1924.