Traditional county: Shropshire · Region: West Midlands
Explore The Waterwheel, Shropshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Waterwheel 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for The Waterwheel, Shropshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | The Waterwheel |
| Traditional County | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.615641 |
| Longitude | -2.940567 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Waterwheel marks a quiet intersection of Shropshire’s industrial memory and the slow reclamation of the land by moss and wild grass. It lies 7.7 miles north-west of Church Stretton (from Church Stretton: bearing 314°T, OS grid SJ 364 024), and is situated west of Snailbeach village. The air here holds the stillness of an abandoned ambition, where the earth still remembers the heavy pulse of Victorian extraction. Just a short walk to the east, the Wagbeach Adit Portal stares out from the hillside like a dark, unblinking eye, serving as a reminder of the lead mining legacy that once defined the horizon. The Waterwheel occupies a landscape where the light seems to linger, caught between the sharp, jagged history of the nearby mines and the encroaching silence of the fields. To the west, the canopy of Hope Coppice draws a soft, green boundary against the sky, tempering the starkness of the exposed stone. The ground beneath one's feet feels hollowed by time, echoing with the ghosts of machinery that once ground the ore into dust. Every season, the damp Shropshire weather polishes the remaining ironwork, turning the remnants of industry into something that belongs, at last, entirely to the rain.
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Explore The Waterwheel, 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: 52.615641, -2.940567. 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. |