Ticklerton is a small village 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...

. It is situated in countryside to the south-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...

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The village barely qualifies as such since it possesses no public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

, post office, shop or church. However, it does have a thriving village hall and activities centred around it. The village holds a very traditional fete on the first Saturday of June each year.

It lies in the civil parish of Eaton-under-Heywood

Eaton-under-Heywood

Eaton-under-Heywood is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It is named after the small village of Eaton, which lies under Wenlock Edge and the woods along it. The village is also known as Eaton-under-Heywood and sometimes spelt as Eaton-under-Haywood.A path, which is a public right of way, leads...

; nearby is the hamlet of Birtley

Birtley, Shropshire

Birtley is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is situated a short distance to the west of the village of Ticklerton, in countryside to the south-east of the market town of Church Stretton. It lies within the civil parish of Eaton-under-Heywood, at an altitude of ....

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