Upper Dinchope

Upper Dinchope is a hamlet in Craven Arms, Shropshire, England. Upper Dinchope is situated nearby to the hamlet Lower Dinchope, as well as near Whettleton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Flounders’ Folly and Craven Arms railway station.

Flounders’ Folly

Photo: Jon Rob, Public domain.

Flounders' Folly is a tower built in 1838 on Callow Hill, near Craven Arms at the western end of Wenlock Edge in Shropshire, England. It is approximately 80 feet tall, 16 feet square and clearly visible on the skyline from the Cardiff–Crewe railway line, just north of Craven Arms, or from the A49 Shrewsbury to Hereford road.

Craven Arms railway station

Railway station

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Craven Arms railway station serves the town of Craven Arms, in Shropshire, England. Until 1974, it was known as Craven Arms and Stokesay, after the nearby coaching inn and the historic settlement of Stokesay to the south. Craven Arms railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Upper Dinchope.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre is a museum in southern Shropshire, just south of Craven Arms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halford and Craven Arms.

Halford

Village

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Halford is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in south Shropshire, England. It lies just east of the market town of Craven Arms, on the other side of the River Onny.

Craven Arms

Town

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. Craven Arms is situated 1½ miles west of Upper Dinchope.

Stokesay

Village

Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stokesay is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Stokesay is situated 1½ miles southwest of Upper Dinchope.

Upper Dinchope

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Craven Arms, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.44566° or 52° 26′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.8007° or 2° 48′ 3″ west

Elevation

725 feet (221 metres)

Open location code

9C4VC5WX+7P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1714070970

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13283482

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