Church Stretton was nicknamed "Little Switzerland" in late-Victorian and Edwardian times, because of its surroundings and the way many houses hug the hillside.

Church Stretton railway station opened on 20 April 1852 as part of the newly created Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway.
 It was originally to the north of (what is now known as) Sandford Avenue and the old station building still remains, but is no longer in railway use.
 Sandford Avenue had been for centuries called Lake Lane and became Station Road with the arrival of the railway in the town, before becoming Sandford Avenue in 1884.

In 1914 the railway station was moved just to the south of the Sandford Avenue road bridge, where it continues to the present day.
 New railway station buildings were built, but these were demolished in 1970, the station having become unstaffed in 1967.

Local property developer Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862–1911), who lived at Lutwyche Hall in nearby Easthope, is responsible for the naming of Easthope Road, Essex Road (after his wife), Beaumont Road and Lutwyche Road, all in the centre of the town and part of the town's expansion in the early twentieth century.
Church Stretton was nicknamed "Little Switzerland" in late-Victorian and Edwardian times, because of its surroundings and the way many houses hug the hillside.
Church Stretton railway station opened on 20 April 1852 as part of the newly created Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway.  It was originally to the north of (what is now known as) Sandford Avenue and the old station building still remains, but is no longer in railway use.  Sandford Avenue had been for centuries called Lake Lane and became Station Road with the arrival of the railway in the town, before becoming Sandford Avenue in 1884.
In 1914 the railway station was moved just to the south of the Sandford Avenue road bridge, where it continues to the present day.  New railway station buildings were built, but these were demolished in 1970, the station having become unstaffed in 1967.
Local property developer Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862–1911), who lived at Lutwyche Hall in nearby Easthope, is responsible for the naming of Easthope Road, Essex Road (after his wife), Beaumont Road and Lutwyche Road, all in the centre of the town and part of the town's expansion in the early twentieth century.
Church Stretton