Lydbury_North
Lydbury North
Human settlement in England
Lydbury North (/lɪdbriː/ LID-bree) is a village and a geographically large civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 695.[1] The parish is locally called Lydbury, and there is no settlement called Lydbury South.
It lies in the southwest corner of the county, near to the small towns of Clun and Bishop's Castle. The B4385 road runs through the village, as does the Jack Mytton Way. To the west is the village and parish of Colebatch. There is a part-time post office, community shop, school and church. Also there is a public house called the Powis Arms.[2] The parish church, St Michael and All Angels, contains a small Catholic chapel.[citation needed]
The village is at grid reference SO352859 and lies between 155m and 165m above sea level. Whilst the land to the south is flat, to the north it rises steeply.