Editing Ludlow (section)

===Sport===
[[File:Ludlow Town FC - geograph.org.uk - 148132.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ludlow Town F.C.#Stadium|Ludlow's football stadium]], located at Burway on the northern edge of the town (actually in Bromfield civil parish), was home to AFC Ludlow and several other sports teams.]]
The town had a [[association football|football]] team (AFC Ludlow), which competed in the [[West Midlands (Regional) League]] Division One.<ref>[http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=585583996&psSelectedDivision=7248658&psSelectedLeague=3244788 FA Full-time website] West Midlands (Regional) League Division One</ref> The club could no longer field a full team, and folded in June 2016. Ludlow's [[rugby union]] club have their ground situated just off Linney near the castle, competing in the Midland league. There is a [[cricket]] club sporting its 1st and 2nd XI teams in the Shropshire Premier Cricket League and its 3rd and 4th XI in the Shropshire Cricket League Division 5 and Division 6 respectively. The cricket ground is near the junction of Burway Lane and Bromfield Road in the north of the town and has a picturesque setting with the castle, St Laurence's church and surrounding hills and countryside clearly visible.

[[Ludlow Racecourse]] and Ludlow Golf Club are situated together just off the [[A49 road]] {{convert|2|mi|km}} northwest of the town centre, at a place called Old Field near [[Bromfield, Shropshire|Bromfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ludlow-racecourse.co.uk/ |title= Ludlow Racecourse |access-date=10 November 2007}}</ref> A smaller (9-hole) golf course exists at Elm Lodge, just off Fishmore Road on the northern edge of the town.

A privately run leisure and fitness centre, which includes a swimming pool, is on Bromfield Road on the northern edge of the town (near the secondary school).<ref>[http://www.teme-leisure.co.uk/teme-leisure-ludlow.html Teme Leisure] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065937/http://www.teme-leisure.co.uk/teme-leisure-ludlow.html |date=7 April 2014 }} Ludlow</ref> [[Lawn bowls]] is played in the area, with several teams from Ludlow's two bowling clubs (Burway and Ludlow Castle) playing against each other and teams from further afield, in the Ludlow & District Bowls League,<ref>[http://ldbl.leaguerepublic.com Ludlow and District Bowls League]</ref> as well as in the higher Shropshire leagues. There is an amateur [[boxing]] club, situated on Wheeler Road, with its new clubhouse opening in 2014.