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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Prees 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 namesa ...

in north

Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

, 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 WWI Royal Navy minesweeper * Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland * Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England * Wem (musician), hip hop musician WEM may stand for: * County Westmeath County Westmeat ...

and the village of

and west of

Market Drayton Market Drayton is a market town and civil parish on the banks of the River Tern in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is located between the towns of Whitchurch, Shropshire, Wh ...

. It is also north of the village of Prees Green and south of the villages of Tilstock and Prees Heath. The villages of

Whixall Whixall is, by land area, the third largest inland village in England and a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is documented in the Domesday Book as having been in existence in 1086. The nearest towns are Whitchurch, to the north, and We ...

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 ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

and Whitchurch via

. Some services terminate in Wem and do not continue to Whitchurch. There is a total of nine bus stops in the village.

References

External links

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