Long Mynd
The Long Mynd is a heath and moorland plateau that forms part of the Shropshire Hills in Shropshire, England. The high ground, which is common land and designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, lies between the Stiperstones range to the west and the Stretton Hills and Wenlock Edge to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,696 feet
- Description: plateau in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Long Mynd - Pole Bank”, “Pole Bank”, and “The Long Mynd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Margret and St Laurence’s Church, Church Stretton.
St Laurence’s Church, Church Stretton
Church
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Laurence's Church is in Church Street, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Condover, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ratlinghope and Wentnor.
Ratlinghope
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ratlinghope is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 138. It is situated four miles west of Church Stretton and twelve miles south of Shrewsbury.
Wentnor
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wentnor is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies to the west of the Long Mynd and between the village and the hill range is the dispersed settlement of Prolly Moor.
Asterton
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Asterton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Myndtown. The name means "eastern home farm", from Old English east "east" and "ham" "home".
Long Mynd
- Categories: heath, plateau, moorland, and landform
- Location: Church Stretton, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.54465° or 52° 32′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.86379° or 2° 51′ 50″ westElevation
1,696 feet (517 metres)Open location code
9C4VG4VP+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 538343310OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
2643658Wikidata ID
Q3503824
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Long Mynd” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Long Mynd”
- Czech: “Long Mynd”
- Dutch: “Long Mynd”
- Irish: “Long Mynd”
- Ladin: “Long Mynd”
- Polish: “Long Mynd”
- Swedish: “Long Mynd”
- Welsh: “Cefn Hirfynydd”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Long Mynd”. Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.