Heath, Shropshire

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

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

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Heath Chapel near Bouldon - geograph.org.uk - 346924.jpg

|static_image_caption= Heath Chapel

|coordinates = {{coord|52.466|-2.650|display=inline,title}}

|official_name =Heath

|civil_parish = Abdon and Heath

|unitary_england= Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region= West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Ludlow

|post_town= CRAVEN ARMS

|postcode_district = SY7

|postcode_area= SY

|dial_code= 01584

|os_grid_reference= SO558855

}}

Heath is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Abdon and Heath, in the Clee Hills area of Shropshire, England.

The settlement and wider rural area historically had a larger population than now, especially in medieval times. Heath Chapel is a Norman Grade I Listed building.[http://friendsofheathchapel.co.uk/ Heath Chapel] Heath was formerly a township in the parish of Stoke-St. Milborough,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10371|title=History of Heath in South Shropshire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 May 2024}} in 1866 Heath became a separate civil parish,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356623|title=Relationships and changes Heath Ch/Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 May 2024}} on 1 April 2017 the parish was abolished and merged with Abdon to form "Abdon and Heath".{{cite web| url =http://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/31278/1.3-The-Shropshire-Reorganisation-of-Community-Governance-Parishes-of-Abdon-and-Heath-Order-2016.pdf| title =The Shropshire (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (Parishes of Abdon and Heath) Order 2016| publisher =Lgbce| accessdate =16 May 2018| archive-date =17 May 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082131/http://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/31278/1.3-The-Shropshire-Reorganisation-of-Community-Governance-Parishes-of-Abdon-and-Heath-Order-2016.pdf| url-status =dead}} In 1971 the parish had a population of 26.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10356623/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Heath Ch/Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 May 2024}} From 1974 to 2009 it was in South Shropshire district.

Nearby are the larger settlements of Bouldon and Clee St. Margaret. Heath lies at approximately {{convert|240|m|ft}} above sea level.Ordnance Survey mapping