Civil parish in Shropshire, England
Abdon and Heath
Abdon and Heath is a civil parish in the Shropshire unitary authority district of the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.
The parish includes the settlements of Abdon, Balaams Heath, Baucott, Brookhampton, Heath, Holdgate and Tugford. It lies north east of Craven Arms and south west of Bridgnorth, rising from the River Corve to the north west to include Abdon Burf, the summit of Brown Clee Hill at 540 m (1,770 ft) in the south east. Stage 7 of the Shropshire Way long-distance path crosses the parish. In 2021 the parish had a population of 202.
How locals move
Getting around Abdon and Heath the local way
- Get inThey continue to Leominster, Hereford, Abergavenny, Newport, Cardiff, Port Talbot, Neath, Swansea, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven and Fishguard, for ferries to Rosslare.
- Get inTrains from Holyhead (for Dublin ferries) run every two hours and take 3 hr 10 min via Llanfairpwll (etcetera etcetera) and stations along the north Wales coast, Chester, Wrexham, Chirk and Shrewsbury then as above through Ludlow to Cardiff.
From Wikivoyage: Ludlow (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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