Hook-a-Gate is a village in
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. It is located on the
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 ...
to
Longden
Longden is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located southwest of Shrewsbury.
Longden village
There is a public house (the ''Tankerville Arms'') and a post office/shop, along with a church, and a primary school. The p ...
road, a little to the south of the
A5 Shrewsbury bypass from Shrewsbury itself.
Bayston Hill
Bayston Hill is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is south of the county town Shrewsbury and located on the main A49 road, the Shrewsbury to Hereford road.
Occupied continuously since before the Middle Ages, the village ha ...
is nearby, though there is no direct vehicular road connecting the two villages, only a track. It was formerly a stop on the now defunct
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway
The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light Railway was a railway running from Shrewsbury, England to Llanymynech, Wales, with a branch to Criggion. It was promoted by H. F. Stephens, Holman Fred Stephens, better known as Colonel Stephens, propriet ...
.
The
Rea brook
The name Rea Brook can refer to either of two brooks in Shropshire, England.
One of the brooks, which eventually becomes the River Rea, is in southern Shropshire. It is to the east of Brown Clee Hill.
The other, described here, is a minor r ...
flows through the village. The hamlet of
Redhill adjoins the village, on the north side of the Rea Brook.
The village is served by one public house - the New Inn.
[Hookagate pub guide]
/ref> Until 2014, the Mucky Duck (formerly Cygnets) also served as a public house in the village.
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Villages in Shropshire
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