Cleehill

{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Cleehill

| label_position = top

| static_image_name = Cleehill post office.jpg

| static_image_caption = The convenience store on the main road through Cleehill, in 2007

| population =

| population_ref =

| coordinates = {{coord|52.374|-2.601|display=inline,title}}

| country = England

| civil_parish = Caynham

| unitary_england = Shropshire

| lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

| region = West Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Ludlow

| post_town = LUDLOW

| postcode_district = SY8

| postcode_area = SY

| dial_code = 01584

| os_grid_reference = SO590753

}}

Cleehill is a village in south Shropshire, England. It is sometimes written as Clee Hill Village (including the road sign entering the village) to avoid confusion. It lies in the civil parish of Caynham. The market towns of Ludlow and Cleobury Mortimer are both {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} distant, Ludlow to the west and Cleobury to the east.

It lies on the slope of Titterstone Clee Hill and, lying between {{convert|1120|ft|m}} and {{convert|1250|ft|m}} above sea level,Ordnance Survey mapping it is one of the highest settlements in the county.

Amenities

The village has Shropshire's highest school (the Clee Hill Community Primary School).[http://www.cleehill.shropshire.sch.uk Clee Hill Community Primary School]

Cleehill has a pub, the Cross on the Hill (currently the highest pub in Shropshire at 1200ft/366m), a small convenience store, a café (Brewe Clee Hill) and a fish and chips take-away. Until it closed in 2015, Shropshire's highest public house, at {{convert|1300|ft|m}}, was The Kremlin[http://whatpub.com/pubs/TEL/1743/kremlin-clee-hill CAMRA Whatpub.com] The Kremlin Inn, Clee Hill (previously the Craven Arms),[http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/image_galleries/clee_hills_gallery.shtml?38 BBC Shropshire] "World In The Clouds" located on the upper slopes of the village.

There is a public car park by the A4117, which affords a considerable view over the Teme valley below and further into the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. At the car park is a toposcope and other information boards. There are also public conveniences.

Transport

The A4117 runs through the village and there is a cattle grid stretching over this major thoroughfare due to the road running across common land. The road reaches an elevation of {{convert|1250|ft|m}} as it passes Titterstone Clee Hill just to the east of the village, and is often affected by snow in winter. The B4214 road to Tenbury Wells starts at a junction with the A4117 in the village.

The 292 bus service (Ludlow-Cleobury-Bewdley-Kidderminster) calls at Cleehill, providing a regular service Monday to Saturday. https://www.diamondbuses.com/bus-services/ww/ww292-kidderminster/

Sport

The village has a football club called Clee Hill United, who play their home games at Knowle Sports Ground,[http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayTeam.do?divisionseason=448491932&teamID=902265043 Full-time FA] Mercian Regional Football League: Clee Hill United the highest venue in the Mercian Regional Football League at an elevation of {{convert|950|ft|m}}.

Climate

Although Cleehill has an oceanic climate like the rest of the U.K., it is slightly different to surrounding areas in certain months of the year and snowfall is more common in winter because of the high elevation.

Compared with the nearest Met Office weather station of Shobdon, Cleehill has colder maximum temperatures year-round, however minimum temperatures are warmer every month of the year except March and April, probably because of the reduced amount of sunshine the village receives compared to nearby areas.

Sunshine amounts are suppressed compared with nearby areas; Cleehill receives less sunshine than Shobdon in every month of the year except January.

Cleehill is also drier than surrounding areas with the exception of the months of April–July, when the village receives more rainfall. Precipitation tends to be heavier than in Shobdon, reflected in the reduced number of rainy days.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcmcnq75w|title=Shobdon SAWS (Herefordshire) UK climate averages}}

{{Weather box

|location = Cleehill 360m amsl

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan high C = 6.4

|Feb high C = 6.9

|Mar high C = 9.1

|Apr high C = 11.8

|May high C = 14.8

|Jun high C = 17.6

|Jul high C = 19.5

|Aug high C = 18.9

|Sep high C = 16.9

|Oct high C = 13.3

|Nov high C = 9.1

|Dec high C = 6.8

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = 4.0

|Feb mean C = 4.1

|Mar mean C = 5.5

|Apr mean C = 7.9

|May mean C = 11.1

|Jun mean C = 14.0

|Jul mean C = 15.8

|Aug mean C = 15.4

|Sep mean C = 13.4

|Oct mean C = 10.4

|Nov mean C = 6.7

|Dec mean C = 4.5

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 1.5

|Feb low C = 1.2

|Mar low C = 2.0

|Apr low C = 3.8

|May low C = 6.9

|Jun low C = 9.9

|Jul low C = 11.7

|Aug low C = 11.7

|Sep low C = 9.8

|Oct low C = 7.4

|Nov low C = 4.1

|Dec low C = 2.1

|year low C =

|unit rain days= 1.0 mm

|Jan rain mm = 63

|Feb rain mm = 50

|Mar rain mm = 54

|Apr rain mm = 60

|May rain mm = 68

|Jun rain mm = 68

|Jul rain mm = 65

|Aug rain mm = 60

|Sep rain mm = 58

|Oct rain mm = 70

|Nov rain mm = 69

|Dec rain mm = 65

|year rain mm=

|Jan rain days = 9

|Feb rain days = 8

|Mar rain days = 8

|Apr rain days = 9

|May rain days = 9

|Jun rain days = 8

|Jul rain days = 9

|Aug rain days = 8

|Sep rain days = 8

|Oct rain days = 8

|Nov rain days = 9

|Dec rain days = 8

|year rain days=

|Jan humidity= 87

|Feb humidity= 83

|Mar humidity= 80

|Apr humidity= 77

|May humidity= 76

|Jun humidity= 75

|Jul humidity= 74

|Aug humidity= 77

|Sep humidity= 79

|Oct humidity= 83

|Nov humidity= 87

|Dec humidity= 87

|year humidity=

|Jan sun = 62.0

|Feb sun = 56.5

|Mar sun = 93.0

|Apr sun = 120.0

|May sun = 186.0

|Jun sun = 180.0

|Jul sun = 186.0

|Aug sun = 155.0

|Sep sun = 120.0

|Oct sun = 93.0

|Nov sun = 60.0

|Dec sun = 31.0

|year sun =

|source 1 = U.K. holiday weather for sun{{cite web

| url = http://www.ukholidayweather.co.uk/holidayweather/england/shropshire/clee-hill/

| title = Cleehill Climate

| publisher = U.K. Holiday weather

| access-date = 19 December 2021}}

|source 2 = en climate data{{Cite web|url= https://en.climate-data.org/europe/united-kingdom/england/cleehill-228671/ |title = Climate Cleehill}}

|date=December 2021}}

See also

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