Arscott is a small hamlet in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, England. It is near to
Plealey
Plealey is a small village in Shropshire, England. It is located between Pontesford and Longden.
Local governance
The village lies in the parish of Pontesbury, being represented within the Plealey Ward of its Parish Council (whose territory also ...
,
Shorthill and
Annscroft
Annscroft is a small village in Shropshire, England.
It is located on the Shrewsbury to Longden road, approximately 4 miles from Shrewsbury, with nearby hamlets Arscott and Hook-a-Gate. The village is a linear settlement, laid along the one roa ...
and within the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Pontesbury
Pontesbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227. The village of Minsterley is ju ...
.
The hamlet is spread out along Pound Lane and has a number of Victorian cottages associated with the local farms or coal mines working as early as 1838, the last closing in 1919.
Nearby is the hamlet of Arscott Villa, which adjoins Annscroft.
There is an 18-hole
golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". ...
at Arscott, which opened in 1992 and is the home of the Arscott Golf Club.
See also
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Listed buildings in Pontesbury
Pontesbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 93 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at ...
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Villages in Shropshire
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