Hope Bowdler is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire

Shropshire

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, England

England

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It is situated on the B4371, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the market town of Church Stretton

Church Stretton

Church Stretton is a small town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the town was recorded as 2,789 in 2001, whilst the population of the wider parish was recorded as 4,186...

. The village is at 222 metres (728.3 ft) above sea level.

There is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the village, dedicated to St Andrew. The parish is rural and hilly; other settlements within the parish are the hamlets of Ragdon and Chelmick.

Hope Bowdler Hill rises to the north of the village, with a number of summits, the three tallest of which are 426 metres (1,397.6 ft), 410m and 393m. The Gaer Stone (or Gaerstones) is part of this hill.