Hillwalking in Shropshire

Guidebook to 32 walking routes in Shropshire in the West Midlands. The routes range from 3 miles (5km) to 12 miles (19km), taking in highlights such as The Wrekin, Wenlock Edge, Long Mynd and Stiperstones, Castle Ring and Bury Ditches. Many routes start near delightful towns and villages including Church Stretton, Ludlow and Bishops Castle.

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Overview

Guidebook to 32 walks in the hills of Shropshire. The walks, which are graded easy, moderate or hard, range from 3 miles (5km) to 12 miles (19km) and can be walked in all seasons. The selected routes take in highlights such as The Wrekin, Wenlock Edge, Long Mynd and Stiperstones, Castle Ring and Bury Ditches. Many routes start near delightful towns and villages including Church Stretton, Ludlow and Bishops Castle.

Featuring 1:50K OS mapping (shown at 1:40K for greater clarity), step-by-step route descriptions, as well as information on accommodation, getting around, bases for the Shropshire hills and history of the region, the guide details everything you need to walk in Shropshire - and more.

From Neolithic standing stones, Bronze Age stone circles, and hilltop forts dating back to the Iron Age, Shropshire offers more than just picturesque landscapes and rewarding walking. Discover history on the hills as well as natural beauty, all within easy driving distance from Birmingham and Manchester.

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Shropshire geology (by Ronald Turnbull)
History
Plants and wildlife
Getting there
Getting around
When to go
Bases for the Shropshire hills
Maps and GPS
Safety
Using this guide
The walks
Walk 1 Llanfair Hill and Offa’s Dyke
Walk 2 Knighton, Cwm-sanaham Hill and Offa’s Dyke
Walk 3 Mary Knoll and Ludlow
Walk 4 Titterstone Clee Hill
Walk 5 The Bury Ditches
Walk 6 Burrow Fort and Hopesay Hill
Walk 7 Norton Camp and Stokesay Castle
Walk 8 Callow Hill and Flounders Folly
Walk 9 Brown Clee Hill and Stanbroughs Wood
Walk 10 Brown Clee Hill and Clee Liberty
Walk 11 High Rock, Bridgnorth and the River Severn
Walk 12 Bromlow Callow and Mitchell’s Fold
Walk 13 Nipstone Rock
Walk 14 Stiperstones
Walk 15 Snailbeach and the Castle Ring fort
Walk 16 Norbury Hill from Wentnor
Walk 17 Minton Hill and the Packet Stone
Walk 18 Adstone Hill
Walk 19 Pole Bank and Devil’s Mouth
Walk 20 The Long Mynd and Ragleth Hill
Walk 21 Caer Caradoc
Walk 22 The Long Mynd skyline
Walk 23 Plush Hill, the Batch and Castle Hill
Walk 24 Ridges Three: Hope Bowdler Hill, Caer Caradoc and the Lawley
Walk 25 The Lawley
Walk 26 Hope Bowdler Hill from Cardington
Walk 27 The Betchcott Hills and Duckley Nap
Walk 28 Much Wenlock and the Wenlock Edge
Walk 29 Earl’s Hill
Walk 30 The Wrekin
Walk 31 The Ironbridge Gorge
Walk 32 Llanymynech Hill and Llynclys Common

Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C Useful contacts

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July 2021

22 The Long Mynd Skyline

P125/6

The following paragraph should say left, and not right.

Stay with the valley path ignoring paths to both left and right. The path passes to the left of the most northerly visible earthwork section of Cross Dyke, a Bronze Age border. Beyond this the valley becomes shallow and the path narrows and fades into the grass. Leave the hollow on a path at SO 443967 that has come down the hillsides to the left. This angles back right to join and turn left along another path with the fields of High Park not far to the right. The path in turn joins a wide grass track running parallel to the field edge. Take the less prominent right fork track at SO 439 967, where the track gets closest to the fields.

July 2020

Corrections

Walk 5 Bury Ditches

Page 46, para 1

Should read eastern edge not western

Page 47, para 1

Should read western end not eastern

January 2020

2020 reprint route updates

807 Hillwalking in Shropshire 2020

May 2018

Correction

On page 16, 164 and 166 the book states that Thomas Telford designed the Ironbridge. It should have read Thomas Farnolls Pritchard drew up the original designs for the Ironbridge under the instructions of Abraham Darby III. The bridge was finished after Pritchard’s death.

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