White Grit
White Grit is a small, scattered village beneath Corndon Hill in Powys, Wales, directly on the border with Shropshire. The nearby village of Priest Weston, despite being in England, actually lies to the west of White Grit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corndon Marsh Chapel and Mitchell’s Fold.
Mitchell’s Fold
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mitchell's Fold is a Bronze Age stone circle in southwest Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the southwest end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 1083 ft o.d.
Corndon Hill
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corndon Hill is a hill in Powys, Mid Wales, whose summit rises to 513.6 metres above sea level. It has a topographic prominence of 203.1 metres, so is listed as a Marilyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleton and Priestweston.
Middleton
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton is a scattered settlement in Shropshire with a chapel and a former schoolhouse. It was once much more populated but went into decline once mining ended in the area.
Priestweston
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priestweston is a small village in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, Shropshire, England, lying in the Welsh Marches. The village is located near to the English-Welsh border, at the foot of Corndon Hill.
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 1½ miles northeast of White Grit.
White Grit
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Powys, Wales, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Churchstoke, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.57409° or 52° 34′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.01281° or 3° 0′ 46″ westElevation
974 feet (297 metres)Open location code
9C4RHXFP+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 849574528OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“White Grit” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “White Grit”
- French: “White Grit”
- Irish: “White Grit”
- Welsh: “White Grit”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nind and Cowlton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include White Grit Meadows and White Grit Engine House.
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