Hamperley is a dispersed

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, England. It is mainly located in the

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Church Stretton Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671.

, 2½ miles southwest of Little Stretton and 4 miles from the market town of Church Stretton. The parishes of Church Stretton,

Wistanstow Wistanstow is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. Wistanstow is located about south of Church Stretton and north of Ludlow. It is about north of Craven Arms. It is just off the main Shrewsbury- Hereford road, the A49. The large par ...

and Lydbury North come together at Hamperley and some dwellings, at Hamperley Plantation, are in the Wistanstow parish, whilst Little Hamperley is just within the Lydbury North parish. At the centre of the hamlet lies a crossroads of four lanes: one leads to the B4370 road, half a mile southeast at

Cwm Head Cwm Head is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. The name is part- Welsh, part-English and means "Head of the Valley". It is located in the parish of Wistanstow and on the B4370 road, southwest of Marshbrook and the A49 road. From Cwm Head, the B43 ...

; another leads to the hamlet of Minton, 1¼ miles to the northeast; the third leads to Priors Holt and Churchmoor, to the west; and the fourth is a green lane heading to farms to the southwest. The centre of Hamperley lies at 233m

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. The area is very rural and is at the southern end of the Long Mynd hill range.Geograph
Churchmoor There is an outdoors activity centre located on the lane between Minton and Hamperley, the ''Longmynd Adventure Camp'', with overnight accommodation and camping ground. There is also a low impact campsite at http://hamperleycampsite.co.uk.

Nearby minor localities

Churchmoor, Priors Holt and Priors Holt Hill are just to the west of the hamlet and the hill rises to 383m. They form part of Lydbury North parish. On Churchmoor Hill lies the Botley Stone, the remains of a

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(shown as a

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Botley Stone It lies on the border of Lydbury North and

Myndtown Myndtown (sometimes formerly spelt ''Mindtown'') is a small village and civil parish in rural Shropshire, around 5 miles to the north-east of Bishop's Castle. The village of Myndtown itself lies immediately beneath the slope of the Long Mynd; it ...

parishes, at 394m ASL. A

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leads up to it from Churchmoor. The Botley Stone is just one of a number of tumuli in the area. Hamperley Farm was renamed "Ingles farm" in children's author Malcolm Saville's popular "Lone Pine" series.

References

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