Minsterley Brook is a small stream in
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
,
England
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.
The source of this stream is at the northeast part of
Stapeley Hill
Stapeley Hill is a sacred saddleback shaped hill in South-West Shropshire, near the village of Priestweston, not far from another landmark, Corndon Hill.
The Hill is home to Mitchell's Foldbr>and along the path leading from the Fold which cros ...
(the site of the stone circle,
Mitchell's Fold
Mitchell's Fold (sometimes called Medgel's Fold or Madges Pinfold) 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 o ...
). It is later on joined by other smaller streams flowing into it. It is a steep rocky brook, fast flowing with occasional small water falls. The brook passes down the steep wooded Hope Valley which houses a nature reserve before passing through Plox Green. The brook then descends less steeply down through the grounds of the 16th century
Minsterley Hall past
Minsterley
Minsterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. In the 2011 census, its population was 1,777. Minsterley lies one mile south-west of Pontesbury and 10 miles south-west of Shrewsbury. East from Minsterley along the A488, is the la ...
's Parish Hall.
After this it joins the larger river called the
Rea Brook
The name Rea Brook can refer to either of two brooks in Shropshire, England.
One of the brooks, which eventually becomes the River Rea, is in southern Shropshire. It is to the east of Brown Clee Hill.
The other, described here, is a minor r ...
.
References
Rivers of Shropshire
2Minsterley
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