Church Pulverbatch is a small village and civil parish in central Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The population of the parish was 344 at the time of the 2001 census.

It is located near Habberley

Habberley, Shropshire

Habberley is a small village in the English county of Shropshire.Habberley lies near the Stiperstones southwest of the town of Shrewsbury.Formerly a small civil parish in its own right Habberley was merged in to the Pontesbury civil parish in 1967. In 1824 its population was recorded as 151 - by...

 and Picklescott

Picklescott

Picklescott is a village in Shropshire, England.It is located in the northern foothills of the Long Mynd, approximately 5 miles northwest of Church Stretton.Picklescott lies in the parish of Smethcott, now a hamlet to its east...

. The nearest towns are Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...

 and Church Stretton

Church Stretton

Church Stretton is a small town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the town was recorded as 2,789 in 2001, whilst the population of the wider parish was recorded as 4,186...

; both are approximately 8 miles by road.

Also within the parish is the village of Pulverbatch, which is situated on the Shrewsbury-Longden

Longden

Longden is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located southwest of Shrewsbury. There is a public house and a post office/shop, along with a church, and a primary school. It also has a village hall with a recreational field, childrens play park and a private tennis club...

-Bridges road and has a public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

, called the White Horse. The villages of Church Pulverbatch and Pulverbatch are less than half a mile apart. The hamlet of Wrentnall is situated to the north of Pulverbatch, also within the parish.

On a hill to the south of Pulverbatch are the earthwork remains of Castle Pulverbatch, a medieval motte-and-bailey

Motte-and-bailey

A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...

castle.