The Wrekin

The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is positioned a few five miles eight km west of Telford, on the border among the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. Rising to a height of 407 metres above the Shropshire Plain, it's far a outstanding and well-known landmark, signalling the entrance to Shropshire for travelers westbound on the M54 toll road. The Wrekin is contained within the northern panhandle of the Shropshire Hills AONB. The hill is famous for walkers and tourists and gives appropriate perspectives of Shropshire.

The surrounding region is one of the birthplaces of industry: Ironbridge Gorge is simply to the south of the Wrekin hill. Woodland covers lots of the hill, the vicinity across the hill and into the Ironbridge Gorge location too. The eponymous Wrekin parliamentary constituency incorporates the hill. A greater latest addition is the Wrekin transmitting station, used for broadcasting and telecommunications.

At the pinnacle of the main mast is a beacon which emits a red pulse of light each few seconds at night. A beacon was firstly erected on the Wrekin all through the Second World War to warn plane, and stored in operation till 1960. A new beacon turned into then hooked up in 2000, as a part of a venture to have fun the new millennium. It is known domestically as the "Wrekin Beacon, and is visible for plenty miles around.