Clun

Clun (Welsh: Colunwy) is a small town in the south of the county of Shropshire, England.

Clun
Clun Town Hall and museum
Population	680 (2011)
OS grid reference	SO302808
Civil parish	Clun and Chapel Lawn
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRAVEN ARMS
Postcode district	SY7
Dialling code	01588
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow

A 2011 census recorded just 680 people living in the town.

Clun takes its name from the river upon which it stands. The name derives from an earlier Colunwy and shares its very early British root with the Colne rivers, in Lancashire and Essex, each of which has a town of the same name on its banks.

The A488 and B4368 roads cross in the town. Craven Arms, Bishop's Castle (6 miles (10 km) to the north) and Ludlow are the neighbouring Shropshire towns, and Knighton, which is in Powys, Wales, is 7 miles (11 km) to the south.

In A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman wrote the verse:
"Clunton and Clunbury,
Clungunford and Clun,
Are the quietest places
Under the sun."

Gallery

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  An annual sheep auction in Clun, 1920s
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  Clun post office, 1910s
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  Clun Bridge over the River Clun