Poles Coppice countryside site

#4223 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. ()

Elevation: 673 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°38'9"N, 2°54'8"W

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Poles Coppice countryside site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Snailbeach Mine, Rowton Castle, Corndon Hill, Wild Edric's Way.

1.8 miSW
Museum, Mine
Snailbeach Mine
46 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.
5.1 miN
Hotel, Forts and castles
Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury
130 min walk • Rowton Castle, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, is a Grade II* listed country house that was once the home of the Royal National College for the Blind before it moved to its present location in Hereford. This 17th-century castle is surrounded by 17 acres of gardens, and is approximately six miles from Shrewsbury.
7.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Corndon Hill
181 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.
3.9 miS
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.
6.8 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Parade Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury
174 min walk • The Parade Shops, formerly the Royal Salop Infirmary, is a specialist shopping centre at St Mary's Place in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
5.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Stapeley Hill
149 min walk • Stapeley Hill is a sacred saddleback shaped hill in South-West Shropshire, near the village of Priestweston, not far from another landmark, Corndon Hill.
6.8 miNE
Church
Christ Church, Shrewsbury
175 min walk • The parish of Christ Church, Shelton and Oxon, lies within the Diocese of Lichfield, in the county of Shropshire, England. The parish church was built in 1854 by Edward Haycock Snr in Early English style with many lancet features.
5 miE
Park
Lyth Hill Countryside Site
128 min walk • Lyth Hill is a countryside site in Shropshire which contains valuable habitats for wildlife and is associated with the novelist and poet Mary Webb.
6.5 miSW
Memorial
Mitchell's Fold
167 min walk • 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.
1.1 miNE
Village
Pontesbury
28 min walk • Pontesbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227.