Clee St. Margaret is an upland hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 and civil parish in the Clee Hills

Clee Hills

The Clee Hills are a range of hills in Shropshire, England near Ludlow, consisting of Brown Clee Hill , the highest peak in Shropshire, and Titterstone Clee Hill...

 area of Shropshire

Shropshire

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, England

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There is a 900 year old parish church

Parish church

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 and a village hall

Village hall

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 but no pub

Public house

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, despite the hamlet boasting five pubs earlier during the height of the quarrying on nearby Brown Clee Hill

Brown Clee Hill

Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, at 540 metres above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, and is in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-Geography:...

. Historically the settlement also had a shop, a Methodist Chapel, a school and a post office. The current population of the parish of Clee St. Margaret, which includes the settlements of Cockshutford and Cold Weston, is 134.

Clee St. Margaret is seven miles north east (about a fifteen-minute drive) from the market town

Market town

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 of Ludlow

Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England close to the Welsh border and in the Welsh Marches. It lies within a bend of the River Teme, on its eastern bank, forming an area of and centred on a small hill. Atop this hill is the site of Ludlow Castle and the market place...

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Clee Brook passes through the settlement as a 50 m long, shallow ford

Ford (crossing)

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Local land use includes two small vineyard

Vineyard

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s and extensive sheep grazing.