Both the Edge and the town are the subject of several poems by A. E. Housman in his work A Shropshire Lad, such as: "On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble..." and "Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town...".
Den har sammen med byen været temaet for adskillige digte af A.E. Housman i hans berømte samling A Shropshire Lad, f.eks.: "On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble..." og "Tis time, I think, by Wenlock town...".