- Shropshire (Salop or Shrops) is an inland county in the West Midlands of England,it is bounded on the North West by Denbighshire, on the North by Flintshire and Cheshire, on the East by Staffordshire, on the South by Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Radnorshire, and on the West by Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire. Shropshire is one of England's most rural and sparsely populated counties.