Hopton Heath, or Hoptonheath, is a hamlet 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...

. The border with Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

 is close by. It lies on the border of the civil parishes of Clungunford

Clungunford

Clungunford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, located near the border with Herefordshire.The name comes from the fact that this part of the Clun area was owned by the Saxon Lord Gunward and so was called "Clun Gunward". The River Clun here was forded and the name became...

 and Hopton Castle

Hopton Castle

Hopton Castle is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.The village grew up near to the keep of Hopton Castle, which was opened as a visitor attraction in 2011. Nearby is the hamlet of Hopton Heath, with its small station on the Heart of Wales Line...

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There is a railway station here - Hopton Heath railway station

Hopton Heath railway station

Hopton Heath railway station is a railway station in Hopton Heath, a hamlet in Shropshire, England...

 - which today is little more than a halt on the Heart of Wales Line

Heart of Wales Line

The Heart of Wales Line is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in South Wales. It runs, as the name suggests, through some of the heartlands of Wales. It serves a number of rural centres en route, including several once fashionable spa towns, including Llandrindod Wells...

. A couple of small businesses operate from units near the station and there is also a site of holiday chalets, called "Ashlea Pools".

One mile to the west is the larger village of Hopton Castle, and also nearby are the villages of Bedstone

Bedstone

Bedstone is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the borders of Herefordshire and Wales.The village is approximately 1½ miles from the railway stations at Hopton Heath and Bucknell and is situated just off the B4367 road.- Norman Origin :Its church dates back to...

, Clungunford and the hamlets of Beckjay

Beckjay

Beckjay is a small hamlet in the south of the English county of Shropshire. Its name, and that of the nearby farm of Jay, is probably a reference to the family of Elias de Jay, who held the local manor of Bedston until 1349...

 and Abcott

Abcott

Abcott is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies west, over the River Clun, from the village of Clungunford .Nearby is the village of Hopton Heath, which has a railway station on the Heart of Wales Line....

- with its Rocke Cottage (was Bird on the Rock) tea rooms.

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