Woofferton is a village to the south of

Ludlow Ludlow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which bypasses the town. The town is near the conf ...

, 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 one of Shropshire's most southerly villages and lies on the border with

Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...

. It is part of the

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Richard's Castle Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. The Herefordshire part of the parish had a population of 250 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, ...

. The larger Herefordshire village of Brimfield is just over the border to the south.

Transport

Woofferton is at the crossroads of the A49 Ludlow-

Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of almos ...

road (north-south), the

A456 road Known as the Hagley Road in Birmingham, the A456 is a main road in England running between Central Birmingham and Woofferton, Shropshire, south of Ludlow. Some sections of the route, for example Edgbaston near Bearwood, are also the route ...

that strikes eastwards and the B4362 (westwards). It was formerly the site of

Woofferton railway station Woofferton was a railway station and junction near Woofferton, Shropshire, England. It was where the Tenbury Railway joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR). History The station opened on 6 December 1853, as part of the southern e ...

(on the

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) and Woofferton Junction which served the (now closed) Tenbury & Bewdley Railway. The Welsh Marches Line runs through the currently closed station, with

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running on the section without intermediate stations between

and

Places of interest

It is best known for the

Woofferton transmitting station The Woofferton transmitting station is owned and operated by Encompass Digital Media, as one of the BBC's assets which were handed over as part of the privatization of World Service distribution and transmission in 1997. It is the last remaini ...

(a notable feature of the area's landscape),a

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Service station and a

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. The public house there - the "Salwey Arms"CAMRA Whatpub.com
Salway Arms, Woofferton - is the most southerly in the county.

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* Villages in Shropshire Extremities of Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

Transport

Places of interest

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