Stiperstones
2 classifications here — Marilyn and HuMP — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 536.9 m · 1,761 ft
- Prominence
- 357.1 m
- Grid reference
- SO 36755 98648
- Coordinates
- 52.58192, -2.93486
- County / area
- Shropshire
- Region
- Shropshire
- OS Landranger
- 137
- OS Explorer
- 216 217
- Summit feature
- rock 1m from trig point
- Key col
- SO 3421 9113 (179.8 m)
About Stiperstones
The Stiperstones (Welsh: Carneddau Teon) is a distinctive hill in Shropshire, England, and the county's second-highest after Brown Clee Hill. Along its summit ridge, some eight kilometres long, stand several jagged rock outcrops that show up silhouetted against the sky.
The quartzite of the ridge formed around 480 million years ago. During the last Ice Age the Stiperstones stood at the eastern edge of the Welsh ice sheet; the hill itself escaped glaciation while glaciers filled the surrounding valleys, and intense freezing and thawing shattered the quartzite into jumbled scree around the residual rocky tors.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Stiperstones (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.
General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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Computed astronomically for 52.582, -2.935. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (537 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is rock 1m from trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit/Trimble GeoXH 6000
- Record revised
- 12-Dec-14
- Drop measured from
- SO 3421 9113 · 179.8 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Get food nearby
3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bridges Pub at Ratlinghope | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 3.4 km · SE |
| Stables Inn | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 4.2 km · NW |
| Inn On The Green | Pub/bar/nightclub | 5 out of 5 | 5.5 km · S |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Long Mynd - Pole Bank | 516.6 m | 6.3 km |
| Corndon Hill | 513.6 m | 6.4 km |
| Brown Clee Hill | 540.5 m | 25.5 km |
| Clee Burf | 510.5 m | 26.7 km |
| Bryn Coch | 518 m | 27.8 km |
| Cilfaesty Hill | 528 m | 28 km |