Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Quabbs, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Quabbs 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 | Quabbs |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.419066 |
| Longitude | -3.159650 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Quabbs emerges from the rugged Shropshire borderlands as a collection of dwellings defined by the sparse, windswept character of the high western hills. It lies 8.5 miles south-west of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 233°T, OS grid SO 212 807), and is situated west-south-west of Newcastle village. The landscape here is dominated by the steep, bracken-covered rise of Dowke Hill, which catches the morning light and casts long, cooling shadows over the pastures below. Sheep graze with a rhythmic indifference across the slopes, their bells often the only sound to break the stillness of the valley. To the west, the ancient, earth-wrought mound of the Motte And Bailey Castle Immediately South West Of The Moat stands as a silent sentinel, reclaimed by moss and the slow erosion of centuries. Quabbs maintains a quiet, agrarian detachment, where the soil holds a stubborn, flinty quality that discourages all but the most resilient crops. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, sharpened by the proximity of high ridges that funnel the winds from the Welsh marches. Life in Quabbs follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the land, far removed from the frantic pace of the lowland trading hubs.
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Explore Quabbs, 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: 52.419066, -3.159650. 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. |