Marshbrook is a hamlet

Hamlet

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 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. It is sometimes spelt "Marsh Brook", which is also the name of a small watercourse which flows through the area.

It lies on the junction of the A49

A49 road

The A49 is a major road in western England, which traverses the Welsh Marches region. It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues through central Cheshire to Warrington and Wigan before terminating at its junction with...

 and B4370, 3 miles to the south of the market town of 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...

. Three civil parishes come together in the hamlet: Church Stretton, Wistanstow

Wistanstow

Wistanstow is a village and parish in Shropshire, England.- Location :Wistanstow is located about 8km south of Church Stretton and 14km north of Ludlow. It is about 2½ km north of Craven Arms. It is just off the main Shrewsbury-Hereford road, the A49...

 and Acton Scott

Acton Scott

Acton Scott is a village and parish near Church Stretton in Shropshire, England. It lies in the Shropshire Hills area of outstanding natural beauty. The settlement was registered as Actune in the Domesday Book....

. The hamlet lies at 163m above sea level at the southern end of the Stretton Gap. A roman road

Roman road

The Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate. The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km...

 passed through what is now Marshbrook, on its way from Leintwardine

Leintwardine

Leintwardine is a large village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England, close to the border with Shropshire.- Roman Leintwardine :...

 to Wroxeter

Wroxeter

Wroxeter is a village in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington and is located in the Severn Valley about south-east of Shrewsbury.-History:...

.

The Welsh Marches Line

Welsh Marches Line

The Welsh Marches Line , known historically as the North and West Route, is the railway line running from Newport in south-east Wales to Shrewsbury in the West Midlands region of England by way of Abergavenny, Hereford and Craven Arms, and thence to Crewe via Whitchurch...

 runs through the hamlet and there was once a small station here. A signal box and level crossing remain. Marshbrook Signal Box is the oldest operational signal box surviving on the national railway network and was built by the London & North Western Railway in the mid 19th century. There is also a public house

Public house

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 in the hamlet, near to the railway line, called The Station Hotel (previously known as the "Wayside Inn"). A small industrial estate/business park exists on land adjacent to the railway and there are roadside businesses at the A49/B4370 junction.

In 2010 a camping and outdoor activities centre opened at Marshbrook, with mountain bike

Mountain bike

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s available for hire.

One mile to the northwest is the hamlet of Minton

Minton, Shropshire

Minton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.It is located in the parish of Church Stretton, 2½ miles southwest of the market town of Church Stretton. A historic settlement, it is situated on a foothill of the Long Mynd at around 240m above sea level...

 and one mile to the east is the village of Acton Scott. The hamlets of Whittingslow

Whittingslow

Whittingslow is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.It is located in the parish of Wistanstow, just off the B4370 road, between Marshbrook and Cwm Head. The hamlet lies on a hilltop, at 252m above sea level. The lane from the B4370 continues, along a ridge of hills, to the hamlet of Woolston in the...

 and Cwm Head

Cwm Head

Cwm Head is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. The name is part-Welsh, part-English and means "Head of the Valley".It is located in the parish of Wistanstow and on the B4370 road, 1¼ miles southwest of Marshbrook and the A49 road...

lie to the southwest along the B4370.