Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Bridges, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bridges 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bridges, Shropshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bridges |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.562737 |
| Longitude | -2.896137 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bridges reveals itself as a quiet confluence of pastoral lanes and ancient, folded earth in the heart of the Shropshire hills. It lies 4.1 miles west-north-west of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 295°T, OS grid SO 393 964), and is situated north-north-east of Wentnor village. Here, the land rises in sharp, rhythmic swells, drawing the eye toward the rugged horizon of Stitt Hill where the wind often carries the scent of damp bracken and stone. To the southwest, the verdant shadows of Overs Dingle deepen as the light wanes, casting long, bruised purples across the pasture. Bridges maintains a low profile against this vast, undulating backdrop, defined more by the persistent trickle of nearby brooks than by the clamour of modern industry. The local topography retains the scars of antiquity, with the nearby hillforts standing as silent, turf-covered guardians over the grazing sheep. Life in Bridges moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, dictated by the turning of the soil and the shifting clarity of the upland air. Such a place offers little to the frantic traveller, yet provides a profound, solitary stillness to those who walk its steep, narrow tracks.
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Explore Bridges, 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: 52.562737, -2.896137. 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 | August 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. |