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Hopton Castle

Hopton Castle

Hopton Castle is a small village and civil parish in south , England. The village grew up near the keep of , which was opened as a visitor attraction in 2011.
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  • Type: Village with 103 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Hopton Castle (parish)”, “Hopton Castle (village)”, and “Hopton Castle, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hopton Heath railway station and St Swithun’s Church, Clunbury.

Railway station
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
in , , , lies on the Heart of Wales Line, 25+1⁄2 miles south west of . The station is in a very rural area: the nearest sizeable settlement is Hopton Castle, and further afield the larger villages of and , .

Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Swithun's Church is in the village of , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. is situated 1½ miles north of Hopton Castle.

Church
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is situated 2 miles east of Hopton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twitchen and Hopton Heath.

Hamlet
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England, on the B4385 south of and near to Hopton Castle. The southern part of the settlement is called Three Ashes.

Hamlet
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, or Hoptonheath, is a hamlet in south , England. The border with is close by. It lies on the border of the civil parishes of and Hopton Castle.

Hamlet
is a dispersed hamlet in north , England. It lies in the civil parish of , on the other side of the 2.5 miles northwest of that village.

Hopton Castle

Latitude
52.39752° or 52° 23′ 51″ north
Longitude
-2.93374° or 2° 56′ 1″ west
Population
103
Open location code
9C4V93X8+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 439832560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q3812250
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hopton Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hopton Castle (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Hopton Castle”
  • Chinese: “Hopton Castle”
  • Dutch: “Hopton Castle”
  • French: “Hopton Castle”
  • Irish: “Hopton Castle”
  • Japanese: “ホップトン・キャッスル”
  • Japanese: “ホプトン・キャッスル”
  • Ladin: “Hopton Castle”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hopton Castle”
  • Persian: “هاپتون کسل، شروپ‌شر”
  • Polish: “Hopton Castle”
  • Swedish: “Hopton Castle (distrikt)”
  • Swedish: “Hopton Castle”
  • Turkish: “Hopton Castle (village)”
  • Turkish: “Hopton Castle”
  • Welsh: “Hopton Castle, Swydd Amwythig”
  • Welsh: “Hopton Castle”
  • “Hopton Castle”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include St Edward’s and Hopton Titterhill.

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