Clee St. Margaret | |
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Ford on the Clee Brook | |
Location within Shropshire | |
Population | 162 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SO564844 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CRAVEN ARMS |
Postcode district | SY7 |
Dialling code | 01584 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website | http://www.clee.org.uk/ |
Clee St. Margaret is a small village and civil parish in the Clee Hills area of Shropshire, England. It is seven miles north east (about a fifteen-minute drive) from the market town of Ludlow.
It lies at approximately 205 metres (673 ft) above sea level.[2] The Clee Brook passes through the settlement, as a 50-metre long, shallow ford. Local land use includes two small vineyards and extensive sheep grazing.
There is a 900-year-old parish church and a village hall, but no pub. Clee St. Margaret had five pubs earlier during the height of the quarrying on nearby Brown Clee Hill. Historically the settlement also had a shop, a Methodist Chapel, a school and a post office.