Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Gravels, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gravels 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 | Gravels |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.595586 |
| Longitude | -2.983483 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gravels occupies a quiet corner of Shropshire where the earth keeps the memory of its industrial past in the veins of the hills. It lies 7.1 miles north of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 5°T, OS grid SJ 334 002), and is situated south of Bentlawnt village. The landscape here is defined by the remnants of lead mining, most notably the Roman Gravels Lead Mine, which leaves a skeletal, haunting imprint upon the local topography. Minsterley Brook cuts through the lower ground, its waters moving with a persistent, cold clarity that reflects the grey Shropshire sky. Above the damp lowlands, the slopes of Nick Knolls rise to catch the pale, shifting light of the afternoon, offering a stark contrast to the sheltered hollows. These heights provide a vantage point over the rugged terrain, where the silence is broken only by the wind moving through the coarse upland grasses. Gravels remains a place of subtle textures, where the heavy legacy of subterranean extraction meets the enduring, soft green of the valley floor.
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Explore Gravels, 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: 52.595586, -2.983483. 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. |