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Mainstone is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Bishop's Castle, 35km from Llyn Clywedog.
Mainstone is in England, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Bishop's Castle, about 6 km away.
Mainstone is a small village and civil parish in southwest Shropshire, England, near the border with Powys, Wales. The village lies approximately 1 mile northwest of the small village of Cefn Einion. The market town of Bishop's Castle lies some 3 miles to the east, while the small town of Clun is about 5 miles away toRead more
the south.
It lies in the Clun Forest, a large remote and very rural area which is semi-forested and rather hilly.
The Church of England parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, lies in the hamlet of Churchtown (alternatively written as "Church Town") a mile west of Mainstone, though the village itself contains a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1892 and still in use in the mid-2000s.
The River Unk originates in and then flows through the parish. Offa's Dyke also cuts north–south through the area, bisecting the hamlet of Churchtown. The long-distance footpaths "Shropshire Way" and "Offa's Dyke Path" pass through the area and join just outside Churchtown.
Mainstone lies at around the 260m above sea level mark. The surrounding hills all peak at roughly 400-420m.
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Within an hour or so of Mainstone: Loton Park (28 km), Llyn Clywedog (35 km), Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth) (40 km), Pen y Garreg Reservoir, Elan Valley (41 km).
The nearest famous roads are Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth), B4391 Milltir Gerrig and B4574 Devil's Bridge to Cwmystwyth.
Mainstone is in England, United Kingdom, about 6 km from Bishop's Castle.
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racetrack
A 1,475-yard hillclimb running through the deer park of a Shropshire country estate, twisting between mature trees with the hill's Museum Corner and Fallow bends. One of Britain's most scenic speed venues.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A reservoir near Llanidloes held by Britain's tallest concrete dam, with a scenic loop road and views to Plynlimon.
35 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
An empty 1930s-built mountain road over the Cambrian desert past Claerwen, with cattle grids and no villages for 20 miles.
40 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
One of the Victorian Elan Valley dams, its overflow curtain of water and island tower forming the classic Elan photograph.
41 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Chain of Victorian dams and reservoirs built to supply Birmingham, their stone spillways thundering after rain, linked by a superb driving road through mid-Wales moorland. International Dark Sky Park with red kites overhead.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
World-famous 'Town of Books' on the Welsh border, packed with second-hand bookshops and host to a renowned annual literary festival.
46 km · about 55 min drive
waterfall
Wales's tallest single-drop waterfall at 73 metres, cascading through a natural rock arch in a remote Berwyn Mountains valley.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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