Prees Higher Heath (commonly shortened to Higher Heath) is a large village located 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 authority ...
of
Prees in north
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 th ...
, England.
Location
Prees Higher Heath is south of the town of
Whitchurch, northeast of the small town of
Wem
Wem may refer to:
* HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a minesweeper of the Royal Navy during World War I
*Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland
* Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England
*Wem (musician), hip hop musician
WEM may stand for:
* County Westmeath, ...
and the village of
Prees and west of
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "Dray ...
. It is also north of the village of
Prees Green and south of the villages of
Tilstock and
Prees Heath
Prees () is a village and civil parish in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Its name is Celtic and means "brushwood".
Prees civil parish
The civil parish includes many other villages and hamlets as well as the namesake ...
. The villages of
Whixall and
Edstaston are also west of the village.
Population
The population in 2001 was recorded at 1,151, increasing to 1,163 Census.
Transport
Roads
The
A49 and
A41 roads pass on either side of the village.
Railway
There are two railway stations within a close distance to the village, the first of which is the
railway station of Prees and the second is
railway station of Whitchurch.
Bus
The village is served by the 511 bus route, operated by
Arriva Midlands North, which runs between
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
and
Whitchurch via
Wem
Wem may refer to:
* HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a minesweeper of the Royal Navy during World War I
*Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland
* Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England
*Wem (musician), hip hop musician
WEM may stand for:
* County Westmeath, ...
. Some services terminate in Wem and do not continue to Whitchurch. There is a total of nine bus stops in the village.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Prees
Prees is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 63 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Gra ...
References
External links
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Villages in Shropshire