Newcastle, Shropshire
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Newcastle is a village in the rural south west of Shropshire
, England
. It lies at the confluence of the River Clun
and the Folly Brook, 3 miles west of the small town of Clun
. The B4368 runs through the village, on its way between Craven Arms
in Shropshire to Newtown in Powys
.
The village has a community hall, a campsite (Clun Valley Camping), a church and a pub (the "Crown").
and finished 2nd in the 2010-11 season.
which covers the village and surrounding countryside, reaching the border with Wales
to the north. It is part of the remote and very rural Clun Forest
, part of the Shropshire Hills
AONB. Offa's Dyke
runs through the area. It forms part of the Clun electoral division of Shropshire Council
.
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...
. It lies at the confluence of the River Clun
River Clun, Shropshire
The River Clun is a river in Shropshire, England which runs through the small town of Clun, as well as Newcastle-on-Clun and other villages. It meets the River Teme at Leintwardine, Herefordshire....
and the Folly Brook, 3 miles west of the small town of Clun
Clun
Clun is a small town in Shropshire, England. The town is located entirely in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2001 census recorded 642 people living in the town...
. The B4368 runs through the village, on its way between Craven Arms
Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a small town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, located on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which connect it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. The Heart of Wales railway line joins the Welsh Marches line at Craven Arms...
in Shropshire to Newtown in Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
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The village has a community hall, a campsite (Clun Valley Camping), a church and a pub (the "Crown").
Newcastle A.F.C.
An association football club exists in the village, called Newcastle A.F.C. or Newcastle Football Club, whose home ground is the Mill Field, situated to the southwest of the village between the B-road and the Folly Brook. They play in the Mid Wales South LeagueMid Wales South League
The Mid Wales South League is an association football league, founded in 1962, currently consisting of 16 clubs.The league lies in the fourth tier of the Welsh football league system, directly below the Mid Wales League...
and finished 2nd in the 2010-11 season.
The parish
Newcastle on Clun is a parishCivil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
which covers the village and surrounding countryside, reaching the border with Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
to the north. It is part of the remote and very rural Clun Forest
Clun Forest
Clun Forest is a remote, rural area of open pastures, moorland and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodland in the southwest part of the English county of Shropshire and also just over the border into Powys, Wales....
, part of the Shropshire Hills
Shropshire Hills AONB
The Shropshire Hills area is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , in the English county of Shropshire, close to its border with Wales. Designated in 1958 , the area encompasses of land primarily in south-west Shropshire...
AONB. Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork, roughly followed by some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to wide and high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys...
runs through the area. It forms part of the Clun electoral division of Shropshire Council
Shropshire Council
Shropshire Council is a unitary authority in Shropshire, United Kingdom.It replaced the former two-tier local government structure in the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire on 1 April 2009, which involved its immediate predecessor, Shropshire County Council, and five non-metropolitan districts -...
.