Route 11 Titterstone Clee to River Rea Glen Caravan Park

Birmingham water and the Severn Way

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NGS RO AD I L LO ET River Rea The third highest hill in L FUR E Primary School R L NEW RO Walking the Shropshire Way from ST A R Fire Station St Mary’s Church, Shropshire has been worked LAN N E GLAN ROAD E W Playing Field A N E D O Cleobury Mortimer E L L Titterstone Clee to the Severn Way O V T L H E since the Iron Age. Once T H Sports & Social Club U THE HURS RS Surgery L T shows you panoramas and views O a huge hill fort covered Leisure Centre V E M A L T H Lacon Childe A E K N unrivalled. Hard to beat with the the top but little can now E N E I School R P T be seen. The hill has been S to the south and D Police H E R C ILD carved away and reshaped H R C H U Shropshire’s finest to the west. C E H S T R E N H I G E T A L B in the search for coal, N A LI O Y T O N limestone and dhustone. R The quarry scarred heights of O A NE D Dhustone, the hard dark LA E Titterstone, once one of the largest EAG L D A rock that is crushed to O R RY Iron Age forts in Shropshire. Still carpets our roads: Little BU EN Cleobury Mortimer T pieces of Shropshire found Pudding Brook worked for the Dhustone that clads all over the Country. our roads. Cleobury Mortimer Now quiet villages linked by a myriad of Know locally as “Clibbery Mortimer” this tracks once walked daily by hobnailed delightful Anglo Saxon town was renamed Between Birchen Park woods and Kinlet booted quarrymen. after the Norman Ralph de to the north you can see the tower of Mortemer built a castle here. This wasn’t The charming village of Cleobury a Norman Church half hidden by trees, the first castle though, nearby is a motte Mortimer with its wonderful crooked behind it lies Kinlet Hall. But why is it over and Bailey and the remains of a Roman spired church and the enigma that is a mile from the present village. Simple outpost. The main street boasts Georgian - the original village circled the church Kinlet. And at the end, another long- houses, raised footpaths and St Mary’s but spoiled the view from the Hall. The distance footpath: The Severn Way church with its Norman tower topped by solution, knock the old village down and a twisted spire. There was industry here As housman said: move it and the road it straddled. The as well with coal mining and 16th century church was spared but hidden by woods. furnaces to smelt local iron ore. Now it’s “From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, Take an extra few minutes to see it, the a peaceful, attractive village with enticing short detour is well worth it. hostelries and inviting shops. The Shires have seen it plain From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again”.

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B4364 Billingsley Discover Shropshire B4364 High Green RouteHighle y 11 Chorley DIFFICULTY: long, moderately difficult For a more detailed map,directions and information visit: www.shropshirewalking.co.uk Netherton B4363 The Gore B4555 Severn Way 14 mile section Footpath

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Titterstone Clee B4363 Hill Buttonoak Hoptonbank Malpass Wood

B4201 Coachroad Coppice Dhustone Doddington A4117 Shropshire Way Footpaths Bridleways

Hollywaste Cleobury A4117 Circular walk Mortimer Open Access land B4202 Hints Visitor Information Centre Place of Worship Café Caravan/Camping Site Hopton Wafers Cleobury Coppice Museum TitterstoneB4214 Public HouseFar Forest Severn Way Car Park Toilets Car Parking 400m Building of Historical Interest Railway Station Cleobury Mortimer Kinlet 300m Hope Castle English Heritage TitterstoneBagot 0 KILOMETRES 2 3 4 200m Haybridge Gardens National Trust Clee Hill 100m Visitor Attractions Forestry Commission 0 KM 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 Hill summit Youth Hostel 0 Miles 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 MILES 1 2 Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Shropshire County Council 100019801. 2009