text: Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish includes the villages of Homer ( north of the town), Wyke ( north-east), Atterley ( south-east), Stretton Westwood ( south-west) and Bourton ( south-west). The population of the civil parish, according to the 2001 Census, was 2,605, increasing to 2,877 by 2011.