Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore Snailbeach, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Snailbeach 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 | Snailbeach |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.614759 |
| Longitude | -2.927064 |
| Place Type | Village |
Snailbeach endures as a rugged testament to the industrial vitality that once carved deep into the Shropshire landscape. It lies 7.3 miles north-west of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 317°T, OS grid SJ 373 022), and is situated north-north-east of Stiperstones village. The horizon here is dominated by the skeletal remains of the Snailbeach Mine SSSI, where rusted metal and stone chimneys pierce the skyline like jagged teeth against the grey, shifting clouds. Sunlight catches the moss-covered masonry of the nearby Boiler House, lending a fleeting warmth to walls that have long outlived their mechanical purpose. Snailbeach occupies a significant portion of the Hope Valley SSSI, a landscape where the soil itself seems to hold the memory of heavy toil and extraction. Below the surface, the earth remains honeycombed by subterranean passages, a silent labyrinth reflecting the scale of the old lead-mining operations. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that sweeps across the exposed slopes, indifferent to the remnants of the industry that once defined the lives of those who walked these paths. Snailbeach remains a place where the grandeur of the hill country imposes a quiet, solemn order upon the remnants of human endeavour.
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Explore Snailbeach, 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: 52.614759, -2.927064. 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. |