Lydham is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 about 2 miles north of Bishops Castle.

Lydham is the crossing point of the A488

A488 road

The A488 is a route on the British highway network that runs from Penybont, near Llandrindod Wells, in Wales, to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in England. Near Shrewsbury the A488 has a junction with the A5 trunk road...

 and the A489

A489 road

The A489 is a road in the United Kingdom running from Craven Arms, Shropshire to Machynlleth, Powys and crossing the Wales-England border.The road starts about one mile north of Craven Arms...

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History

Two miles to the south-east are the fragmentary remains of Lea Castle, adjoining a modern farmhouse.http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=257070

Railway

Lydham was served by the now defunct Bishops Castle Railway

Bishops Castle Railway

The Bishops Castle Railway was begun in 1861, planned as a line from Craven Arms to Montgomery, thus linking the Shrewsbury to Hereford line to the Oswestry to Newtown, Powys line , linking Mid-Wales and Shrewsbury, with a branch line from Lydham to Bishop's Castle.From the start, the railway was...

 which closed in 1935. The station was nearby at Lydham Heathhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/history/2005/03/bishops_castle_railway_01.shtml

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Lydham and surrounding area