Colebatch, Shropshire

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Colebatch
Colebatch from the Shropshire Way - geograph.org.uk - 122239.jpg
Colebatch seen from the Shropshire Way
Colebatch is located in Shropshire
Colebatch
Colebatch
Location within Shropshire
Population210 (2011)
OS grid referenceSO318870
Civil parish
  • Colebatch
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBISHOPS CASTLE
Postcode districtSY9
Dialling code01588
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°28′37″N 3°00′14″W / 52.477°N 3.004°W / 52.477; -3.004Coordinates: 52°28′37″N 3°00′14″W / 52.477°N 3.004°W / 52.477; -3.004

Colebatch is a small village and civil parish in southwest Shropshire, England. The population of the Civil Parish as at the 2011 census was 210.[1]

The village lies on the A488, one mile south of Bishop's Castle, on the road to Clun. Also nearby, to the east, is the village of Lydbury North, while the hamlet of Cefn Einion lies to the west.

In the village, on the west side of a tributary of the River Kemp, are the earthwork remains of Colebatch Castle, a small motte castle.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 November 2015.

External links[]

Media related to Colebatch at Wikimedia Commons


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