Little Brampton is a

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in south

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, England. It is located between Purslow and

Aston on Clun Aston on Clun is a village in south Shropshire, England. It lies near to the River Clun, with the brook from Hopesay flowing through the village itself, and is on the B4368 road between the towns of Clun and Craven Arms. The village of Broome ...

, and is on the border of the civil parishes of

Clunbury Clunbury is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is near to the small town of Clun and the villages of Clunton, Purslow and Aston on Clun. In the village is the Norman Church of St Swithin and a Church of England primar ...

and Hopesay.

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mapping Little Brampton is situated on a notable crossroads in the

Clun Clun ( cy, Colunwy) is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 census recorded 680 people living in the town.Combined populations for the two output areas covering the tow ...

valley, where the B4385 (from Lydbury North) and B4368 (running between

and Craven Arms) roads meet, as well as the lane down to the village of

. The crossroads is at an

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of . The

River Kemp The River Kemp is a tributary of the River Clun which flows through Shropshire, England. Course The river is formed from two small unnamed streams that drain the area around Bishops Castle, the stream on the western side of the town rises n ...

flows just to the south of the hamlet; the Clun flows further south near Clunbury. The road that runs from Little Brampton to the centre of Bishop's Castle (a section of the B4385) is named "Brampton Road". There is a tea room called The Old Wheelwrights at the crossroads.The Old Wheelwright
/ref> By the crossroads is an ornamental road direction sign for local destinations.

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