Mountains & hills · West Midlands
Brown Clee Hill
Also known as: Abdon Burf
Brown Clee Hill — Named summit at 540 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Brown Clee Hill is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Also known as: Abdon Burf. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 540 m.". Coordinates: 52.4754°, -2.5997°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Brown Clee Hill is the highest hill in the rural English county of Shropshire, at 540 metres (1,770 ft) above sea level. It is one of the Clee Hills, and is in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Background
History
Several Iron Age hill forts are dotted around the Clee Hills. Nordy Bank is the last 'intact' survivor of three hill forts on Brown Clee. The other two, at Abdon Burf and Clee Burf, have been largely lost to quarrying activity. Nordy Bank occupies a sloping ridge top site and its ramparts are up to three metres (10 feet) high. It was built some time in the British Iron Age first millennium BC and gives a commanding view of the local countryside. Quarrying dhustone was for long the main income of the area, and it was widely known as a dangerous and gruelling job, this dolerite being a very hard and challenging material to extract. People would walk to the Abdon Quarry on Brown Clee Hill from…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4754, -2.5997
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Abdon and Heath
- Postcode
- SY7 9HU
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
Sources
- osm: n3378647270 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Brown Clee Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Brown Clee Hill.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brown Clee Hill?
- Brown Clee Hill is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode SY7 9HU), in the parish of Abdon and Heath.
- Is Brown Clee Hill a protected site?
- Yes — Brown Clee Hill is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Brown Clee Hill free to visit?
- Yes, Brown Clee Hill is free to enter.
- How do I get to Brown Clee Hill?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY7 9HU. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.