Editing Welsh Marches (section)

== The Marches today ==
[[File:Welsh Marches line.png|alt=the map of the Welsh Marches line, with the area labeled|thumb|Welsh Marches Line]]
[[File:Northbound Train Passing Dinmore - geograph.org.uk - 1365622.jpg|thumb|A [[British Rail Class 175|Class 175 'Coradia']] running through currently closed [[Dinmore railway station (Herefordshire)|Dinmore railway station]], Herefordshire on the [[Welsh Marches Line]] on an [[Arriva Trains Wales]] service.]]
There is no modern legal or official definition of the extent of the Welsh Marches. However, the term the Welsh Marches (or sometimes just the Marches) is commonly used to describe those English counties which lie along the border with Wales, particularly Shropshire and Herefordshire.<ref>•{{cite web|title=The Marches|url=http://www.marcheslep.org.uk/about/the-marches/|website=The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=23 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723081422/http://www.marcheslep.org.uk/about/the-marches/|url-status=live}} • {{cite web|title=The Welsh Marches|url=http://www.ludlow.org.uk/marches.html|website=Ludlow.org.uk|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011317/http://www.ludlow.org.uk/marches.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The term is also sometimes applied to parts of Powys, Monmouthshire and Wrexham.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Autumn Epic, Welsh Marches, Powys|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/mar/03/cyclingholidays.extremesportsholidays1|website=TheGuardian.com|date=2 March 2007 |access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822231858/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/mar/03/cyclingholidays.extremesportsholidays1|url-status=live}} • {{cite web|title=Discover Herefordshire and the Southern Marches|url=http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/discover-herefordshire-and-southern-marches|website=Countryfile.com|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=15 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815134245/http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/discover-herefordshire-and-southern-marches|url-status=live}} • {{cite web|title=Chirk Castle – Magnificent medieval fortress of the Welsh Marches|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle|website=NationalTrust.org.uk|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710072224/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chirk-castle|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Welsh Marches Line]] is a railway line from [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] in the south of Wales to Shrewsbury, via Abergavenny, Hereford, and [[Craven Arms]].

The [[Marches Way]] is a [[long distance footpath]] which connects Chester in the north of England, via [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]], [[Shrewsbury]], [[Leominster]] and [[Abergavenny]] to the Welsh capital, Cardiff.

[[The Marches School]] is a secondary school in [[Oswestry]], Shropshire. The school has several meeting rooms named in Welsh, and has students and staff from both sides of the border.