The Mount was part of the old coaching road from London to Holyhead on the way to Ireland. Charles Darwin, author of 'Origin of Species' was born at 'The Mount'. The Doctor's Field name pre-dates Doctor Robert Darwin and the location may have been a Phyic meadow where herbs were garthered prior to modern medicine.
Stand at the top of the Doctor's Fields steps and experience one of the finest views in Shrewsbury looking West along the floodplain of the river Severn towards the Welsh Hills. Descending to the riverside you are now on one of the longest way marked walking trails in Britain, the Severn Way that traces a route along the entire Severn Valley from source to sea, a walking distance of around 210 miles (338kms). Look out for a display board about the Darwin family.