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Colebatch, Shropshire

Colebatch
Colebatch from the Shropshire Way - geograph.org.uk - 122239.jpg
Colebatch seen from the Shropshire Way
Colebatch is located in Shropshire
Colebatch
Colebatch
Colebatch shown within Shropshire
Population 210 (2011)
OS grid reference SO318870
Civil parish
  • Colebatch
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BISHOPS CASTLE
Postcode district SY9
Dialling code 01588
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament
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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.

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.



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