Skyborry Green is a hamlet consisting of a small number of houses and a farm 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...

, 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Knighton. The Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 border lies very close.

The name is an anglicisation of the Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 for barn - ysgubor.

Skyborry Green lies at between 180m and 200m above sea level, on the northern (English) side of the Teme valley. Nearby is Monaughty Poeth farm.

The River Teme

River Teme

The River Teme rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown in Powys, and flows through Knighton where it crosses the border into England down to Ludlow in Shropshire, then to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border there, on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester...

 runs to the south of the hamlet. The Welsh border roughly follows the river here.

Less than 1 miles (2 km) southeast is the hamlet of Nether Skyborry

Nether Skyborry

Nether Skyborry is a hamlet consisting of six houses in Shropshire, England, one mile northwest of the town of Knighton. The Welsh border lies very close - the River Teme runs to the south of the hamlet...

. To the northwest is the small village of Llanfair Waterdine

Llanfair Waterdine

Llanfair Waterdine, sometimes written as Llanvair Waterdine interpreted as Saint Mary's Waterdine, is a small village and parish in Shropshire, England, on the north side of the Teme valley and just a few hundred metres from the modern Wales-England border.-Place name:"Llanfair" is a typical Welsh...

 and the Welsh village of Knucklas

Knucklas

Knucklas and Heyop are two small but inseparable villages in Powys, Wales. They lie off the B4355 road and are served by Knucklas railway station on the Heart of Wales Line...

, which has an ancient castle mound monument and railway station

Knucklas railway station

Knucklas railway station serves the village of Knucklas, Powys 34¾ miles south west of Shrewsbury.The railway station is located on a steep hill above the village. After departing the station, the line passes over the Knucklas viaduct...

, is to the west.

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