27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 Cross Princes Street to thesmalltriangulararea with To stay on the pavement, continue past the Memorial ContinueupPool Road until you reach thejunction Retrace your steps back up Pool Road towards the Turn rightinto Arthur’s Gate. Ontherightyou can see Asyou continue upArthur Street you willreach the ContinueupArthurStreet untilyou reach Bunner’s You willpass anoldblackandwhite half-timbered Proceed upArthurStreet passing thefingerpost bottom ofArthurStreet. with leaflets aboutlocal attractions) andto the the Tourist Information bluephonebox (well stocked continues. You are now atthebottom ofPrinces Street. Roadand cross over Chirbury where thepavement with theWar Memorial. Police Station andlock-up. of GaolRoad. Itonce housedtheoldMontgomery century stone cottage onyour leŽ atthecorner War Memorial.Look outfor ManorHouse,a19th old town walls. the restored remains ofatower onacorner ofthe the site ofa former wheelwright’s shop. as agiŽ to thetown by Lord DaviesofLlandinam, on Montgomery Town Institute andLibrary built in1924, It isarabbit warren ofabuildingandwell worth avisit. 1892 andisstillrunby members ofthesamefamily. Traditional Ironmongers whichwas established in Bennet, aTown Baili˜ in1652/3. building onyour leŽ. Itwas once thehomeofHugh as there isnopavement onthisstretch oftheTrail. signed for TheCastle,Toilets andMuseum.Take care MONTGOMERY TRAILS

Backgrounfd Photo: G17 Photography Services 33 32 31 30 29 28 TheInstitute housestheCloverlands ModelCar Asyou walk upthehill to theCastleyou pass alarge Thesteep lane(known locally astheConduit),was At theTown Hall,take thesmallroad thatpasses Ontheopposite sideoftheroad isarow ofhalf- is openallyear. Wales. Themuseumcharges asmallentrance and exhibits, it’s thelargest collection ofmodelcars in Trefnanney near Welshpool.Withover 4,000 the lifetime collection ofMissGillianRogers of Museum onthetop floor. Themuseumdisplays built in1734. private houses,it was originallytheFirst CountyGaol brick buildingonyour leŽ. Now aterrace ofthree tethering pointfor animalsonmarket days. was formerly thetown andawatering reservoir and rampant onashieldsurmounted by acrown. This ornate stone structure withacrest displaying3lions ofaWelshraid.in 1248theevent Continuepast an built asanescape route from thetown to thecastle coaching inn. The Dragon Hotel; once theGreen Dragon, anold behind thebuildingto reach thecar park infront of special request atothertimes. from Aprilto theendofSeptember each year andby the Montgomery CivicSociety. Themuseumisopen museum, founded in1979andrunby volunteers of Bell, once apublichouse.Itisnow alocal history timbered andred brickcottages andtheOld Castle andthecar park. Conduit bringsyou to theentrance to Montgomery To walk to thecastle –ashortbutsteep walk upthe MONTGOMERY TRAILS

Designed and produced by © sprout.uk.com • Printed by Imprint (01686 624137) • map data: openstreetmap.com Every care has been taken in the preparation of these guides, but we accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions, or consequences thereof. 36 35 34 You can take your car to theCastlecar park- butnot TheCastleisopenallyear: September to March from DEST on themap). Street for theroute for motorists (seethedashedline Pleasevia theConduit. follow thesignsalong Kerry December and1January. Entrance isfree. to September 10am-9.00pm.CLOSED on24,25,26 10am -4.00pm,Aprilto June10am-6.00pmandJuly Montgomery Castle. the Town Hall to complete theTrail. To skipthewalk to thecastle –return to thefront of www.montgomery-trails.co.uk Montgomery Trails can bedownloaded from Montgomery CivicSociety. Walk based onatrail originally devised by INATION MONTGOMERY TRAILS 34 MONTGOMERY

Photo: sprout.uk.com 5 MONTGOMERY TRAILS erected by theMontgomery CivicSociety. for theinformative wall plaquesaround theTown Georgian buildingsandbeautiful Town. Look out for thevisitor, withitsmedieval street itsfine layout, is stillanunspoiltandhistoric architectural delight County Town of Montgomeryshire, themarket town impregnable Montgomery Castle.Formerly the up atthefoot of thecli‹ topped withtheonce 1227, Montgomery isamedieval town whichgrew Founded in1223andgranted itsRoyal Charter in Steep Moderate Flat View ofthe rear oftheTown Hall,lookingtowards Church Bank. (B4385) SO2247096301 Park Bishop’s CastleRoad Start/finish Map HERITAGE TRAIL OS Explorer 216 3.5 km (2.17mi) Recycling Car Toilets Parking Keep dogsonleads. Dog friendliness To rear of Town Hall 1.5 DiŽicult Easy Moderate at start/finish hrs 1

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NNew Road e w Road B4385 DIRECTIONS 1 Start from in front of the Georgian Town Hall. Built in 1738 to replace the old Guildhall, the lower market hall had open archways and the upper Assembly y e M l Chirbury Road Rooms housed the County Assizes. n o r rt E im n Forden Road o o 2 Walk down Broad Street towards the Ivy House Cafe 19 r R L Arthurs Gate oad and Post O˜ ice at the far end. NOTE – most houses the Station Road

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a storey of the Town Hall was being added in 1828. d the Vale of Montgomery and Lymore Estate. As you 13 At the bottom of the steep hill you reach a junction look from leŽ to right you will see Long Mountain, the 4 Take the first turning to the leŽ – up Lions Bank. B4385 with a small public garden and the town War Chirbury Road tree covered summit of Bromlow Callow, the rock- Memorial (ahead). This is the site of the old Pound. 5 You are now following the route of the old town wall. 34 13 crested ridge of the Stiperstones, the conical hill of School Bank Cordon, hump of the Long Mynd behind and finally 14 Turn right down Chirbury Road (B4386) and continue 6 At the corner, and with Clawdd y Dre house (the the Kerry Hills. to the end of a small estate of bungalows on the leŽ - name means Town Dyke) in front of you, turn leŽ and Montgomery C.I.W. School hand side of the road. continue until you reach a junction with Church Bank 23 8 Turn leŽ and enter the churchyard of St Nicholas at the corner of St Nicholas Churchyard. Princes Street Church. The Grade 1 Listed Church is open from 9 am 15 AŽ er the last bungalow you will see a footpath to your Lymore t View till dusk throughout the year. The hammer-beam roof, leŽ . Take the path and continue through the estate until e C e h r u t

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