Hodnet, Shropshire

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Hodnet is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. To the northeast of the village is the nearby town of Market Drayton.

[edit] Attractions and facilities

Hawkstone Hall, formerly home of the Hill family, stands near the village. It was the home of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. Hodnet Hall, with its spectacular gardens, is the village's main tourist attraction. The future of the closed village shop is uncertain. Amongst other attractions in Hodnet is the local church, St. Luke's, which is rather famous for its right hand stained-glass window.

The village also has two shops and notably the Bear Hotel. Up until recently, there were three shops, although one has closed, possibly due to the reduced through-traffic as a result of the by-pass. In terms of education, there is the Hodnet Primary School, a school of 162 pupils, which is maintained by Shropshire County Council[1]. There is no provision of secondary education in the village.

[edit] Sport

Hodnet has its own cricket club, Hodnet and Peplow CC (Peplow being a neighboring village) and the clubs badge is that of a gold lion (from the gates of Hodnet Hall), lying beneath a green beech tree (representing the beech trees lining the driveway of Peplow Hall). Its first eleven play in the Rollinson Smith Shropshire Cricket League Division 3. The firsts have been captained for a number of years by David Tunks.

FC Hodnet, newly formed for the 2007/08 season play at the Hodnet Social Club. They were crowned champions of the Shropshire Alliance on May 10th 2008 and as of 2008/09 will be playing in the Shropshire County League Division One.

[edit] Transport

The A53 road runs around the village on a by-pass road built in 2003. The A442 road ends where it meets the A53 just to the south west of the village, at this by-pass. The by-pass was built by the contractors Alfred McAlpine, which also provided a set of BMX/mountain-bike ramps, for the local children.

Coordinates: 52°51′N, 2°35′W