Stiperstones
Stiperstones is a village in Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, England. Stiperstones is situated nearby to the hamlet Tankerville, as well as near Pennerley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Stiperstones and St Luke.
Stiperstones
Peak
Photo: Martyn B, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stiperstones is a distinctive hill in Shropshire, England. The quartzite rock of the ridge formed some 480 million years ago. During the last Ice Age Stiperstones lay on the eastern margin of the Welsh ice sheet.
Hoarstones
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hoarstones, or Hoar Stone Circle, is a stone circle in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton in the English county of Shropshire. The Hoarstones are part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Hoarstones is situated 2½ miles west of Stiperstones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snailbeach and The Bog.
Snailbeach
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snailbeach is a village in Shropshire, England, located at grid reference SJ375025, three 3 miles south of the village of Pontesbury and around 12 miles from the county town of Shrewsbury.
The Bog
Locality
The Bog is a former mining community in Shropshire, England. It lies 6 miles north of Bishops Castle, east of the A488, at grid reference SO355979. It was once a busy village with over 200 buildings. The Bog is situated 1½ miles south of Stiperstones.
Shelve
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shelve is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worthen with Shelve in Shropshire district of Shropshire, England. It is to the west of the Stiperstones ridge and east of Stapeley Hill, at an altitude of about 342 metres, and is some 2 miles from the England–Wales border to the west. Shelve is situated 2 miles southwest of Stiperstones.
Stiperstones
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.59706° or 52° 35′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.94391° or 2° 56′ 38″ westElevation
863 feet (263 metres)Open location code
9C4VH3W4+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 794710923OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Welsh—“Stiperstones” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Stiperstones”
- Welsh: “Stiperstones”
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