Linley Big Wood

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Linley Big Wood is one of 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shropshire. It is the smallest of them. It lies inside the Shropshire Hills National Landscape.

For more of the same, Pennerley Meadows and Long Mynd are close by. For arrivals by rail, Church Stretton Station is about 11.4 km to the east.

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