Anchor is a remote hamlet in southwest Shropshire, England. The hamlet is the most westerly place in Shropshire.
Anchor lies only 400 metres away from the border with Wales. The B4368 road runs through the hamlet on its way between the towns of Clun to Newtown . The road reaches an elevation of 389 metres , making it the highest classified road in Shropshire. The point at which the B4368 crosses over the Nant Rhuddwr into Wales is known as Anchor Bridge. Anchor is also the most westerly settlement in England on the English-Welsh border, with the most westerly point of the border being approximately 1 1⁄2 miles to the southwest. The tripoint of Shropshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire is near this most westerly point, located at the confluence of the Nant Rhydyfedw and the Nant Rhuddwr.
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Address: Anchor, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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