Hills AONB

The Shropshire Hills place, in the English county of Shropshire, is distinct as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty AONB. It is placed inside the south of the county, extending to its border with Wales. Designated in 1958, the area encompasses 802 rectangular kilometres of land in the main in south-west Shropshire, taking its call from the upland location of the Shropshire Hills. The A49 street and Welsh Marches Railway Line bisect the place north-south, passing via or near Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Craven Arms and Ludlow.

The Shropshire Hills, positioned within the Welsh Marches, are notably high: the very best factor inside the county, Brown Clee Hill, close to Ludlow, has an altitude of 540 metres. This gives Shropshire the 13^th tallest hill in line with county explanation wanted in England. Titterstone Clee Hill, a part of the Clee Hills, is almost as excessive as Brown Clee, at 533 metres, making it the 1/3 biggest hill in the county. The Stiperstones are the second one maximum, at 536 metres, and are excellent for his or her tors of quartzite. More handy hills are the Long Mynd, which covers a place of 22 km and peaks at Pole Bank at a top of 516 metres is near Church Stretton. One of the maximum well-known hills is the Caer Caradoc, at 459 metres which is simply through the village of Leebotwood.