Mines & mining heritage · Mid Wales
Snailbeach
In or near Priestweston.
Snailbeach in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Anthony Parkes — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Snailbeach is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- National Nature Reserve: STIPERSTONES LANDSCAPE
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Snailbeach is a village in Shropshire, England, located at grid reference SJ375025, three 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the village of Pontesbury and around 12 miles (19 km) from the county town of Shrewsbury. The population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Worthen. The village was formerly home to a large lead mine.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
A village was built for workers at the local lead mine – Snailbeach Mine, which reputedly dates back to Roman times. The mine has some of the best-preserved surface buildings of a lead mine left standing in Britain including a Cornish Engine House. It is managed by the Shropshire Mines Trust. Snailbeach Mine was the biggest lead mine in Shropshire and it is reputed to have yielded the greatest volume of lead per acre of any mine in Europe. Although the miners mainly extracted lead ore (galena) from the mine, smaller quantities of barytes, calcite, fluorspar, silver and zinc were also obtained.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6167, -2.9246
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Worthen with Shelve
- Postcode
- SY5 0NT
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q3401266 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Snailbeach (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Snailbeach?
- Snailbeach is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY5 0NT), in the parish of Worthen with Shelve.
- What is Snailbeach?
- Snailbeach in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Snailbeach?
- Drivers can use postcode SY5 0NT.
- Is Snailbeach a protected site?
- Yes — Snailbeach is part of the STIPERSTONES LANDSCAPE National Nature Reserve and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Snailbeach?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY5 0NT. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.