Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Gravel Hole, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gravel Hole 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.
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| Place | Gravel Hole |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.918563 |
| Longitude | -2.943907 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gravel Hole emerges from the Shropshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings, defined less by grand architecture than by the unassuming rhythm of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.2 miles west-north-west of Ellesmere (from Ellesmere: bearing 290°T, OS grid SJ 366 361), and is situated south-south-west of Dudleston Heath village. The local topography reveals a landscape shaped by the gentle persistence of water, where the nearby Newnes Brook traces a wandering path through the verdant lowlands. Residents of Gravel Hole often find themselves drawn to the namesake park, a small patch of greenery that offers a singular, unobstructed view of the shifting cloud patterns above the horizon. The soil here retains a damp, heavy quality, reflecting a history of extraction that gave the place its distinctive name. Beyond the immediate cluster of houses, the land rises toward the distant, soft silhouette of The Bryn, grounding the skyline in a permanent, earthen embrace. This quiet corner of the West Midlands possesses a stillness that seems to amplify the calls of birds across the meadows at dusk. Gravel Hole remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, moving with the patient, unadorned grace of the Shropshire countryside.
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Explore Gravel Hole, 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: 52.918563, -2.943907. 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. |