Hook-a-Gate is a village in 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...

. It is located on the 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...

 to 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...

 road, just over the A5 Shrewsbury by-pass from Shrewsbury itself. Bayston Hill

Bayston Hill

Bayston Hill is a large village and civil parish in central Shropshire, England. It is south of the county town Shrewsbury and located on the main A49 road, the Shrewsbury to Hereford road....

 is nearby, though there is no direct vehicular road connecting the two villages, only a track. It was formerly a stop on the now defunct Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway. There is no primary school but there is a Tuition Centre for Secondary children.

The Rea Brook

Rea Brook

The name Rea Brook can refer to either of two brooks in Shropshire, England.One of the brooks, which eventually becomes the River Rea, is in southern Shropshire. It is to the east of Brown Clee Hill....

 flows through the village. The hamlet of Redhill adjoins the village, on the north side of the Rea Brook.

There are two 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...

s - the Mucky Duck (until 2010 it was the Cygnets) and the New Inn.

The village has a warm and welcoming community !