Car Hire Telford

Telford is one of the most successful towns in the UK and therefore recognised as a focal point for the development in the West Midlands. Further grown will ensure that the town continues to be a progressive and contemporary area to live , work and do business.

Telford is one of the 'second generation' new towns, designated in 1963 to stimulate economic growth and provide new housing for the West Midlands. The area was expanded in 1968 and renamed Telford, after the famous civil engineer Thomas Telford.

Situated in beautiful Shropshire country side yet close to the Birmingham conurbation and the West Midlands, Telford combines the best of the old and the new. Celebrated as a place of diversity and contrasts, the area continues the tradition of being the forefront of business and industry.

Telford is now one of the UK's most successful and fastest growing towns and remains the region's main growth centre with a population of 160,288. This is forecasted to rise to almost 175,000 by 2011 witch is an increase of almost 15,000.

Telford town centre boasts a new redeveloped shopping mall and is fast becoming one of the most popular places to shop in the Midlands with shoppers preferring to shop in Telford rather then Wolverhampton, Dudley Merry Hill and Birmingham. It also has a number of tourist attractions and place's of interest such as:

Iron Bridge Gorge
Telford Park and Wonderland
15 minutes from the historic town of Bridgnorth
A large number of fine hotels and restaurants
15 screen multiplex cinema
large public ice ring (plans being made for a out door ice ring
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