Anchor, Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°27′25″N 3°12′54″W / 52.457°N 3.215°W / 52.457; -3.215

Anchor is a remote hamlet in southwest Shropshire, England. The hamlet is the most westerly place in Shropshire.

Geography

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 (in England) to Newtown (in Wales). The road reaches an elevation of 389 metres (1,276 ft), making it the highest classified road in Shropshire. The point at which the B4368 crosses over the Nant Rhuddwr (a small watercourse that runs along this part of the English-Welsh border; also known as the Rhuddwr Brook in English) 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 1.5 miles to the southwest. The tri-point of Shropshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire is near this most westerly point, located at the confluence of the Nant Rhydyfedw and the Nant Rhuddwr.

The Anchor (newspaper)

The Anchor is a weekly, student-run, 28-32 page newspaper for the Rhode Island College campus, established in 1928.

Objective

The Anchor is student-run and published weekly during the academic year. Editorial decisions for The Anchor are made by a majority vote of its student editorial board. No form of censorship will be imposed. Any material found to be unsuitable or unacceptable in the board’s opinion will not be published. The views expressed in The Anchor, unless otherwise noted, are those of the individual authors and do no necessarily represent those of The Anchor or of Rhode Island College’s faculty, administration or student body.

The Anchor Editors for 2015