Hopton Castle: meadow and reeds, late autumn

            A meadow near the small village of Hopton Castle (South Shropshire, in the Welsh Borders region of western England), on a partly sunny afternoon at the end of October 2024. The remains of a dead tree lie on the ground. The longer grasses and reeds are turning brown, as are seed pods here and there; most trees in this autumn view have already lost most of their leaves.

The meadow is beside the ruined keep of Hopton Castle, which originated as an Anglo-Norman site, with the stone keep built some time between the late 11th century and mid-13th century. After a restoration project, the keep opened to the public in December 2011.

The village and the castle of Hopton Castle are located in a quiet valley off a side road not far from the border between southwestern Shropshire and northwestern Herefordshire. They are right on the edge of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape, which was previously known as the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

(Information about the castle from the Hopton Castle Preservation Trust website and Wikipedia, both last consulted 30 July 2019. AONB mapping confirmed from the Shropshire Council General Map Viewer, 10 August 2019.)

     [Hopton Castle 19 tree 2024-10-30 f; DSCF3549]

Taken in: UK / England / Hopton Castle (show map)

Taken on: October 30, 2024

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Sets appears in: • Southwestern Shropshire (England : Welsh Borders) • Autumn landscapes II: 2013-

Groups appears in: • Shropshire - Pictures Of A County • Webshots Community

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