Mitchell's Fold

#5528 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Mitchell's Fold is a Bronze Age stone circle in southwest Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the southwest end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 1083 ft o.d. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°34'43"N, 3°1'34"W

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Mitchell's Fold – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Montgomery Castle, Snailbeach Mine, The Old Bell Museum, War Memorial.

5.3 miW
Forts and castles
Montgomery Castle, Montgomery
135 min walk • Montgomery Castle is a stone-built castle looking over the town of Montgomery in Powys, Mid Wales. It is one of many Norman castles on the border between Wales and England.
4.9 miNE
Museum, Mine
Snailbeach Mine
125 min walk • Snailbeach Countryside Site is an industrial archeology site in Shropshire. It is located three 3 miles south of the village of Pontesbury and around 12 miles from the county town of Shrewsbury. At peak of production during the 19th century, it was reputed to be extracting the largest volume of lead per acre in Europe.
5.3 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
The Old Bell Museum, Montgomery
136 min walk • The Old Bell Museum is a former 16th-century inn, converted into a museum and run by volunteers from the Montgomery Civic Society of Powys.
5.8 miW
Memorial
War Memorial, Montgomery
148 min walk • The Montgomeryshire County War Memorial, located on the summit of Town Hill, south-west of the town of Montgomery, stands tribute to commemorate those from Montgomeryshire who have been killed in all past wars.
5.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Leighton Hall
142 min walk • Leighton Hall is an estate located to the east of Welshpool in the historic county of Montgomeryshire, now Powys, in Wales. Leighton Hall is a listed grade I property. It is located on the opposite side of the valley of the river Severn to Powis Castle.
0.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Corndon Hill
23 min walk • Corndon Hill is a hill in Powys, Mid Wales, whose isolated summit rises to 1,683 ft above sea level. It is surrounded on three sides by the English county of Shropshire and forms a prominent landmark in the Wales-England border.
5.3 miW
52°33'39"N • 3°8'55"W
Cloverlands Model Car Museum, Montgomery
135 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
3.9 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Wild Edric's Way
99 min walk • Wild Edric's Way is a waymarked long distance footpath running wholly within the county of Shropshire in England. The path runs for 49 miles, mostly sharing the route of the Shropshire Way.
4.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Lymore, Montgomery
122 min walk • Lymore, or Lymore House or Lodge was demolished in 1931. It stood in Lymore Park, one mile ESE of Montgomery, Powys, Wales. The house was a large half-timbered house built by Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury, c. 1675, to replace the family residences in Montgomery Castle and Black Hall in Montgomery.
3.5 miSW
Church
St Nicholas Church, Church Stoke
89 min walk • St Nicholas's Church, formerly called St Mary's Church until 1881, is a Church of England parish church in Church Stoke, Powys, Wales. The church's current building is largely the result of 19th-century reconstruction, but it retains its 13th-century tower with a later timber belfry.
6.5 miNE
Park
Poles Coppice countryside site
167 min walk • Poles Coppice countryside site is an area of ancient oak woodland with disused quarry workings, located around 0.5 miles south of Pontesbury, Shropshire. It is managed by Shropshire Council as a picnic spot and area for walking and recreation activities.

Mitchell's Fold

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Mitchell's Fold plan & book

Mitchell's Fold – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)