is Offa's Dyke and the Offa's Dyke Path. Clun Forest is to the west of the town, further upstream of the Rivers Unk and Clun. The Jack Mytton Way passes through the town as does the Shropshire Way and further significant historic routes pass through the area. The town centre on the north bank of the River Clun lies above sea level while the oldest part of the settlement, by St George's Church on the south bank, is a little more elevated, at . Between the two, Clun Bridge above sea level) carries the A488 and B4368 routes across the river. In addition to Clun Bridge there is also a ford further downstream, at Waterloo, which has recently been made usable to most motor vehicles, A third crossing point, a footbridge just upstream of Clun Bridge, connects the town's main car park to the castle grounds. The population of the civil parish of Clun was 1,184 as measured by the 2011 census. The population of the town is considerably less than that of its much wider parish, recorded as just 680 people in 2011, compared with 642 in 2001; this is a population normally associated with that of a village in modern-day England. It is said that the population of the town is now smaller than it was during the flourishing days of the wool trade in England centuries ago. The town is the smallest in Shropshire and is smaller than many villages in the county. It is also the only town in Shropshire never to have had a railway line or station. The electoral division of Clun covers a much wider area than the civil parish and the population of this division recorded at the 2011 census was 3,964. Attractions Attractions in the town include: the Norman Clun Castle, now only a ruin but with grounds which are used for the May fair the fifteenth century Clun Bridge (basically a packhorse bridge), most of which is still the original stone despite being a road bridge today used by all vehicles Trinity Hospital, almshouses built in 1614, on Hospital Lane a museum in Clun Town Hall, on the corner of The Square and High Street The main church in the town is St George's Church, which is situated on the steep rise out of the town ("Church Street") to the south of Clun Bridge. The nave includes Norman columns, but