The Wrekin
- Prominence
- 309 m1,012 ft
- Isolation
- 20 km
- Tonight
- 5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 21 km/h W
The Wrekin is a 407 m (1,335 ft) mountain in the Shropshire Hills, England, United Kingdom.
All facts
- Elevation
- 407 m · 1,335 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Stiperstones (536 m)
- Range
- Shropshire Hills
- Region
- England, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 52.6701° N, 2.5506° W
The Wrekin 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
The Wrekin terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
The Wrekin elevation profile
West → east through the summit
The Wrekin weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 21 km/h W
The Wrekin forecast for the summit, about 407 m.
- Tonight5°–21 km/h W
- Today6°12°13.4 mm39 km/h S
- Sun5°9°0.1 mm38 km/h W
- Mon6°14°6.1 mm35 km/h S
- Tue8°12°1.3 mm31 km/h SW
- Wed9°13°0.2 mm24 km/h W
- Thu7°10°0.1 mm12 km/h S
- Fri7°12°6.6 mm18 km/h SE
- Sat4°10°0.7 mm14 km/h W
- Sun3°7°0.6 mm22 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 91% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.4% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 374 m low point 30 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the The Wrekin summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Little Hill232 m 1.1 km WSW
- 2Lawrence's Hill231 m 1.6 km NE
- 3Maddocks Hill265 m 1.9 km ENE
- 4The Ercall265 m 2.2 km NE
Where The Wrekin sits
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
The Wrekin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 404 m at the summit; the official height is 407 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 407 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 404 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 399 m | -8 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia