Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.529°N -2.959°W |
Official Name: | Linley |
Civil Parish: | More |
Unitary England: | Shropshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Ludlow |
Post Town: | BISHOPS CASTLE |
Postcode District: | SY9 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Dial Code: | 01588 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO349928 |
Linley is a hamlet in the civil parish of More, in Shropshire, England.
The hamlet is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the A488 road, and 2 miles north of the village of Lydham, and 3.5 miles north of Bishop's Castle. It is situated near the West Onny river and a local feature is Linley Hall.
It approximates to the southern extremity of the Pontesford-Linley geological fault, which trends approximately 11miles to Pontesford. On 2 April 1990, the Pontesford-Linley Fault registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale, known as the Bishop's Castle earthquake.[1]