Traditional county: Shropshire · Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin · Region: West Midlands
Explore The Incline, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Incline 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 | The Incline |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Unitary Authority | Telford and Wrekin |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.732410 |
| Longitude | -2.386917 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
The Incline marks a distinct transition in the Shropshire landscape, where the land begins to shed the heavy industrial legacy of its coal-rich past. It lies 2.5 miles south of Newport (from Newport: bearing 188°T, OS grid SJ 739 150), and is situated south-east of Lilleshall village. The topography here is defined by the sharp rise of the terrain, which once necessitated the mechanical systems that gave The Incline its name. To the west, the weathered stone of Lilleshall Abbey remains a silent sentinel, casting long, fractured shadows across the fields as the sun dips behind the horizon. The air in this part of the county possesses a crisp, bracing quality that seems to sharpen the outlines of the nearby hedgerows and distant copses. Further to the west, the column of the Lilleshall Monument stands in stark defiance of the shifting seasons, an austere punctuation mark against the expansive sky. This elevated position grants a vantage point over the surrounding plains, where the light plays with a certain melancholy grace upon the open agricultural tracts. Such geography serves as a reminder of an era when the movement of goods and the toil of men were dictated by the uncompromising gradient of the earth itself.
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Explore The Incline, 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: 52.732410, -2.386917. 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. |