Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in Rushbury, Shropshire, England. Big Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Hungerford, as well as near the village Broadstone.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Michael and Holdgate Castle.

Holdgate Castle is situated in the village of Holdgate between Craven Arms and Bridgnorth, Shropshire. This castle was mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was a motte and bailey and contained a college of secular clergy which was founded before 1210 and dissolved after 1373.

Broadstone Chapel

Church

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broadstone Chapel is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eaton-under-Heywood and Munslow.

Eaton-under-Heywood

Hamlet

Photo: Dpaajones, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eaton-under-Heywood is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 171. It is named after the small village of Eaton, which lies under Wenlock Edge and the woods along it.

Munslow

Village

Photo: al partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Munslow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4368, 7 miles northeast of the town of Craven Arms, in the Corvedale, at around 140 metres above sea level.

Rushbury

Village

Photo: Carol Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rushbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, roughly five miles from Church Stretton and eight miles from Much Wenlock. Nearby villages include Cardington, Longville in the Dale, Ticklerton and Wall under Haywood.

Big Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Rushbury, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.505° or 52° 30′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.6949° or 2° 41′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C4VG844+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43172216

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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