Viewpoints · Mid Wales
Packet Stone
Packet Stone is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Church Stretton · 4.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Packet Stone is a named viewpoint in Mid Wales, marked on Ordnance Survey maps for its outlook. The site is within the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB), and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, about 4.1 km away. Postcode area SY6.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Long Mynd SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Packet Storm Security is an information security website offering current and historical computer security tools, exploits, and security advisories. It is operated by a group of security enthusiasts that publish new security information and offer tools for educational and testing purposes.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The site was originally created by Ken Williams who sold it in 1999 to Kroll O'Gara and just over a year later, it was given back to the security community. While at Kroll O'Gara, Packet Storm awarded Mixter $10,000 in a whitepaper contest dedicated to the mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks. Today, they offer advertisements and API access as services and the site is referenced in hundreds of books. In 2013, Packet Storm launched a bug bounty program to buy working exploits that would be given back to the community for their own testing purposes. Later that year, they worked with a security researcher to help expose a large scale shadow profile issue with the popular…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5163, -2.8527
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Church Stretton
- Postcode
- SY6 6PS
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
- Nearest railway station
- Church Stretton — 4.1 km
- Official site
- packetstorm.news
Sources
- osm: n4003748192 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Packet Storm (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Packet Stone?
- Packet Stone is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY6 6PS), in the parish of Church Stretton.
- Is Packet Stone a protected site?
- Yes — Packet Stone is part of the Long Mynd SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Packet Stone free to visit?
- Yes, Packet Stone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Packet Stone?
- The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, about 4.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SY6 6PS.