Massey’s Rough
Massey’s Rough is a forest in Wem Rural, Shropshire, England. Massey’s Rough is situated nearby to the hamlet Soulton, as well as near the locality Lacon Holdings.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wem railway station and Soulton Long Barrow.
Wem railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wem railway station serves the town of Wem in Shropshire, England. The station is 10¾ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line to Crewe. The station has two platforms.
Soulton Long Barrow
Cemetery
Photo: TJatHAURC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Soulton Long Barrow and Ritual Landscape is a modern memorial in the form of a long barrow in the Soulton landscape near Wem in Shropshire, England.
Soulton Hall
Hotel
Photo: Rgbnht, Public domain.
Soulton Hall is a Tudor country house located near Wem, in Shropshire, England. The manor is associated with William Shakespeare and his play As You Like It, and the existing hall was constructed between 1556 and 1560 by Sir Rowland Hill, a prominent statesman, polymath, and philanthropist who is remembered as the "First Protestant Lord Mayor of London" serving in 1549-50.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wem and Prees.
Wem
Photo: Jennymutual, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wem is a market town in the civil parish of Wem Urban, in Shropshire, England, 9 miles north of Shrewsbury and 9 miles south of Whitchurch. The name is derived from the Old English term wamm, meaning "marsh".
Prees
Village
Photo: Mike Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prees is a village and civil parish in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Its name is Celtic and means "brushwood".
Weston-under-Redcastle
Village
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weston-under-Redcastle is an estate village of the Sir Rowland Hill legacy estates. It is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 10 km by road east of Wem.
Massey’s Rough
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wem Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8629° or 52° 51′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.6717° or 2° 40′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C4VV87H+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 1360978693OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Localities in the Area
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