Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore The Bog, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Bog 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 | The Bog |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.575282 |
| Longitude | -2.950992 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Bog, a quiet hamlet in Shropshire, exists as a collection of dwellings gathered against the wilder lines of the Shropshire Hills. It lies 9.7 km north-north-east of Bishop's Castle (from Bishop's Castle: bearing 19°T, OS grid SO 356 979), and is situated south of Stiperstones village. The air here often carries the damp scent of peat and heather, a constant reminder of the surrounding moorland's ancient breath. A few scattered farmhouses and cottages cluster around a modest green, where the light, when it breaks through the often-heavy skies, can cast long, soft shadows that seem to stretch back through time. The nearby Stiperstones ridge, a jagged spine of rock, dominates the northern horizon, its presence felt even from the low ground of The Bog, a silent, imposing neighbour.
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Explore The Bog, 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: 52.575282, -2.950992. 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. |