Stiperstones
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martyn B, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Margret and St Luke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Bog and Stiperstones.
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.
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.
Stiperstones
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,762 feet
- Description: hill in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ratlinghope, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.58197° or 52° 34′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.93496° or 2° 56′ 6″ westElevation
1,762 feet (537 metres)Open location code
9C4VH3J8+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 390224707OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Stiperstones” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Stiperstones”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ستيپيرستونيس”
- French: “Stiperstones”
- Ladin: “Stiperstones”
- Spanish: “Stiperstones”
- Welsh: “Carneddau Teon”
- Welsh: “Stiperstones”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pennerley and Stiperstones National Nature Reserve.
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