Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Hope Bowdler, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hope Bowdler 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 | Hope Bowdler |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.527125 |
| Longitude | -2.775559 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hope Bowdler rests beneath the gentle curve of the Shropshire Hills, a quiet scattering of homes where the land rises softly towards the Long Mynd. It lies 2.5 km east-south-east of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 119°T, OS grid SO 474 924). The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume that clings to the stone walls and ancient hedgerows. The village church, St. Andrew's, with its proud tower, has watched over Hope Bowdler for centuries, its bells marking the passage of days with a familiar, comforting sound. Beyond the clustered houses, fields of barley and wheat ripple in the breeze, a living quilt stitched onto the rolling landscape, catching the afternoon sun in a thousand golden threads. The quietude of this place is not an emptiness, but a fullness, a peace that settles deep within the soul like the enduring strength of the ancient hills.
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Explore Hope Bowdler, 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: 52.527125, -2.775559. 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. |