Long Mynd

Long Mynd
Welsh: Cefn Hirfynydd
View down Townbrook Valley toward Burway Hill
Highest point
Peak	Pole Bank
Elevation	516 m (1,693 ft)
Coordinates	52°32′42.42″N 2°51′53.25″W / 52.5451167°N 2.8647917°W / 52.5451167; -2.8647917
Dimensions
Length	11.26 km (7.00 mi) N–S
Width	4.8 km (3.0 mi) E–W
Area	54 km2 (21 sq mi)
Geography
Long Mynd The Long Mynd
Country	England
County	Shropshire
Range coordinates	52°32′51.90″N 2°50′20.02″W / 52.5477500°N 2.8388944°W / 52.5477500; -2.8388944
Borders on	Stiperstones, Stretton Hills and Wenlock Edge
Biome	Heathland Moorland
Geology
Formed by	Glaciation
Age of rock	Quaternary
Type of rock	Sandstone

The Long Mynd (Welsh: Cefn Hirfynydd) is a heath and moorland plateau that forms part of the Shropshire Hills in Shropshire, England. The high ground, which is common land and designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, lies between the Stiperstones range to the west and the Stretton Hills and Wenlock Edge to the east. Much of it is owned by the National Trust, and is managed by the Longmynd Commoners.^[1]

The Long Mynd is approximately 7 miles (11 km) long by 3 miles (5 km) wide, and is broadly characterised by steep valleys on its eastern flanks, and a long slope to the western side rising in a steep escarpment. In its vicinity are the principal settlements of Church Stretton, Little Stretton and All Stretton, Pulverbatch, Smethcott, Woolstaston, Asterton, Myndtown, Wentnor and Ratlinghope.

The highest point on the Long Mynd is Pole Bank (1,693 ft, 516 m); this and the adjacent hill of Caer Caradoc (1,506 ft, 459 m) are classed as Marilyns.