Lower Down Shropshire Map

About Lower Down

The quietude of Lower Down settles like a fine dust upon the Shropshire landscape. It lies 4.4 km south-south-east of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 161°T, OS grid SO 337 846), and is situated south-west of Lydbury North village. Here, the land unfurls in gentle, sheep-grazed slopes, the air carrying the faint, earthy scent of turned soil and distant hedgerows. The houses, a scattering of stone and brick, seem to have grown from the very earth, their roofs a weathered palette of moss and lichen. A nearby stream, its waters clear and quick over rounded stones, murmurs a constant, low song, a silver thread through the green. The light, when it breaks through the often-grey sky, possesses a soft, diffused quality, illuminating the subtle contours of the fields and lending a quiet dignity to the scattered dwellings of Lower Down.

About This Lower Down Map Page

Explore Lower Down, 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: 52.455747, -2.976522. 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.