Valleys Hollows and Batches
There are dozens of valleys on the Long Mynd, many of which are named Hollows and Batches. The highest concentration of valleys is on the eastern edge of the Long Mynd, near Church Stretton town. The geography of the valleys has many of the larger ones adjacent to each other, running north west to south east. Though smaller valleys flow into these, the smaller valleys are hence named batches, dales, and brooks to distinguish them from the larger features. The main valleys are listed below in alphabetical order.
- Ashes Hollow
- Barristers Batch
- Bilbatch
- Broadhill Dale
- Burnells Brook
- Callow Hollow
- Carding Mill Valley
- Catbatch Brook
- Cwmdale
- Devils Mouth Hollow
- Gogbatch
- Grindle Hollow
- Hawkham Hollow
- Hens Batch
- High Park Hollow
- Jonathon’s Hollow
- Light Spout Hollow
- Long Batch
- Minton Batch
- Motts Road
- Mount Gutter
- New Pool Hollow
- Nut Batch
- Pike Hollow
- Rams Batch
- Sleekstone Bank Hollow
- Stanbatch
- Stony Batch
- Townsbrook Valley
- Woolers Batch
- Yewtree Batch
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