About Us

A living archive of the Wrekin hill and the people who have always called its shadow home.

From the 566-million-year-old rhyolite under your boots to the cobbler who tricked a giant, the families who sheltered kings, the ironmasters who lit the world, and the new-town dreamers of Telford, every layer of time is still here.

Through short, beautifully crafted videos we tell the real stories:

• the geology that made the hill
• the ice-age lakes and wetlands
• the first hunter-gatherers, the Cornovii, Romans, Wreocensæte, Normans, Civil War struggles, the Darbys, the Reynolds family, and everyone since through industrial genius and enlightenment.
• the folklore, mysteries, UFOs, and ghost tales that locals still whisper

You’ll also find in-depth articles, guest insights from archaeologists, historians, geologists, storytellers, and lifelong Wrekin dwellers – a range of knowledge from academic papers to pub-heard legends.

New episodes and stories added regularly.

Looking for help with your own project?

I’m available for freelance work:

• transcription & subtitling
• proofreading & copy-editing
• video editing & colour grading
• scriptwriting & voice-over

Get in touch → chris@wrekinsets.co.uk

The hill has watched everything. Come stand in its shadow.