Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
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| Place | Hopton Wafers |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.384373 |
| Longitude | -2.534991 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hopton Wafers stretches across the Shropshire landscape, where the air holds a crisp, lingering quality that seems to catch the low, amber light of late afternoon. It lies 2.2 miles west of Cleobury Mortimer (from Cleobury Mortimer: bearing 281°T, OS grid SO 636 763), and is situated south-east of Hoptonbank village. The terrain here rises with a quiet, stubborn insistence, shaped by the ancient, persistent flow of Welling’s Brook as it carves its path through the verdant, rolling floor of the valley. To the east, the ruins of the Woodhouse Moated Friary of Hopton Wafers offer a silent, stone-hewn echo of a monastic past, partially hidden by the encroaching shadows of the hedgerows. Beyond these remnants, the land climbs toward the rugged, open expanse of Catherton Common, where the wind carries the scent of wild heather and the ghosts of former coal mining activities. Hopton Wafers retains a distinct character defined by these remnants of industry and the persistent, unyielding nature of the surrounding hills. The horizon is marked by the distant, steady silhouettes of Silvington Hill and Magpie Hill, which command the skyline with an indifferent, stony majesty. Every path and boundary in Hopton Wafers feels dictated by the topography, creating a sense of isolation that is both profound and deeply grounding.
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Explore Hopton Wafers, 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: 52.384373, -2.534991. 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. |