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File: Bridgnorth_Platform_20150503.jpg | Bridgnorth Platform 1
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==== Pan Pudding Hill ====
Pan Pudding Hill, or sometimes Panpudding Hill, is a scheduled ancient monument which overlooks Bridgnorth station. The man-made hill was built in 1102, on the orders of King Henry 1, as a siege earthwork to attack and capture Bridgnorth Castle. The distance from the hill to the castle, nearly 300 yards, is a testament to the power of mediaeval siege catapults.
Pan Pudding Hill was used to attack Bridgnorth Castle on other occasions, and finally in 1646 by Cromwell’s Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. After the last attack Bridgnorth Castle was blown up, leaving only the remains of the keep which can be seen in the castle grounds in High Town.<ref>[http://www.shropshirehistory.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20061123173140 shropshirehistory.org.uk] Retrieved 26 May 2015.</ref>
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File: Pan_Pudding_Hill_20150503.jpg | Pan Pudding Hill, with the public viewing area below
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