Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Anchor, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Anchor map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Anchor |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.461161 |
| Longitude | -3.217614 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Anchor, a quiet hamlet in Shropshire, wears the gentle, rolling landscape as its cloak. It lies 15.3 km west-south-west of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 257°T, OS grid SO 173 854), and is situated west-north-west of Newcastle village. The air here often carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and distant fields, a testament to the agricultural heart of this corner of the West Midlands. Sunlight, when it breaks through the habitually soft grey skies, can fall in broad, golden swathes across the meadows, illuminating the subtle greens and browns of the terrain. Anchor itself is a place of scattered dwellings, where the quietude is broken only by the lowing of cattle or the distant bleating of sheep. The surrounding country, a patchwork of hedgerows and ancient woodlands, invites contemplation and a deep appreciation for the enduring, unhurried pulse of rural life.
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Explore Anchor, Shropshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.461161, -3.217614. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |