Harmer Hill

Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury.

Harmer Hill
The Red Castle public house, Harmer Hill (Closed for business 2018)
Harmer Hill Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ483226
Civil parish	Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHREWSBURY
Postcode district	SY4
Dialling code	01939
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Shropshire
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°47′56″N 2°45′58″W / 52.799°N 2.766°W / 52.799; -2.766

The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land. The village was home to two pubs, the Bridgewater Arms and the Red Castle; the Red Castle closed in 2018. There is a village hall and Presbyterian chapel with its own burial ground. Harmer Hill is said to be haunted,^{[citation needed]} notably by a "White Lady".

Queen Mary's brother, the Marquess of Cambridge, lived at nearby Shotton Hall from after World War I until his death in 1927.^[1] Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP, lives in Harmer Hill, which is in her North Shropshire constituency.^[2]