Yockleton

Yockleton is west of the county town of Shrewsbury, on the B4386 road to Montgomery and near the River Severn.

Yockleton is near to Ford (to its north) and Westbury (to its west), and lies in the Westbury civil parish; the hamlets of Edge and Farley (both in Pontesbury parish) lie due south of the village, and Nox is to the east.

There is one local pub, the Yockleton Arms[2] (formerly the Pink Elephant), several miles west on the B4386, a 19th-century village church (C of E) dedicated to the Holy Trinity,[3] and a village hall, as well as an old people's home called Yockleton Grange in the old Vicarage.

Previously Yockleton had a school, a garage, a post office and a pub in the heart of the village.

Previously served by Yockleton railway station on the Cambrian Line.