Shellbrook is the name of a fictional small British Village which appears in the series. At the start of the the fourth book, and the second series of the Television series, the Hunter family moves from their previous house in Conningham, after Mr. Hunter is headhunted.
The village is the main setting of the book where the majority of the books plot takes place. After the events of the fourth book, the Biogenetic Research Centre is shutdown, and by the time of the fifth book the Hunter family has decied to move away from the village.
History
The village was a normal quiet village untill The Headmaster arrives after his Helicopter crash lands in the Village prior to the start of the book. The Headmaster takes contol of the Biogenetic Research Center and then calls a village meeting where he Hypnotised most of the people in the Village.