Childe, a primary school, a library, a post office and a fire station; until 2014 it also had a police station. The town featured in a series of reports by Declan Curry in BBC Breakfast in June 2006. As part of the series, Curry interviewed a number of local residents and business owners to learn more about the rural economy. Brewery Hobsons brewery was established in 1993 and moved to its present site at New House Farm, on Tenbury Road approximately 500 metres south-west of the town centre, in 1995. The brewery brews and delivers its beer to public houses within a 50-mile radius, as well as bottle-conditioned ale to shops throughout the UK. Its regular mild, best bitter and strong bitter (Old Henry) ales have won taste awards, and the mild was chosen to be a guest beer in the House of Commons bar in 2008. Hobsons produce a bottle-only mild ale, named in honour of Simon Evans, called Postman's Knock. In 2009, the brewery installed a small wind turbine, which generates around a third of the electricity required by the brewery, and the company use other environmentally sustainable technologies. The King's Arms in the town became the brewery tap in 2007 and was the first pub to receive a delivery of Hobsons beer in 1993. Hobsons also produce two special beers for the local heritage railway, the Severn Valley Railway. Notable people Hugh de Mortimer (before 1117–1180/81), Norman English medieval baron and local lord Oliver Mathews (c. 1520 – c. 1618), Welsh apothecary and chronicler, owned land and tithings of Cleobury Mortimer 1580–1602 William Hayley (1683–1715) of Cleobury Mortimer, Church of England priest and dean of Chichester Cathedral Edward Northey (1755–1828), Vicar of Cleobury Mortimer and Canon of Windsor 1797–1828 Thomas Botfield FRS (1762–1843), English metallurgist, geologist, magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of Shropshire, went to school in Cleobury Mortimer. Simon Evans (1895–1940), postman with the GPO in Cleobury Mortimer and a writer and broadcaster on country life Richard Jones (1916 – 2004 in Cleobury Mortimer), English cricketer, made a first-class appearance for Warwickshire John David Brewer MRIA FAcSS FRSA (born 1951), English sociologist, academic and author, brought up in Cleobury Mortimer Chris Rokos (born 1970), leading hedge fund operator, lives partly in Cleobury Mortimer See also Listed buildings in Cleobury Mortimer References External links Cleobury Mortimer Town Council Towns in Shropshire Market towns in Shropshire Civil parishes in Shropshire