Historically famous for pubs and brothels frequented by barge pullers after being paid on Frankwell Quay,[1] Mountfields is now better known as the location of Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn.
Mountfields forms part of the Frankwell area and has a rich history, much of which relates to the original Welsh Bridge (a.k.a.
The quayside, from which a shanty-type industrial area known as 'Frankwell Forge' was forcefully cleared in 2004, still houses 'The Stew', a derelict building named after a nearby brothel that is the area's only remaining link with the town's history as a river port.
[3] In 2014, the Shropshire Wildlife Trust purchased an area that a part of the Thinking Path ran through.
[4] The trail extends through countryside to the proposed river crossing of Shrewsbury North West Relief Road, a project that may involve the felling of the 550 year old "Darwin Oak" that has attracted over a thousand objections at planning stage.