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summit End Hill. Take L-hand path from views from start to finish. in England, with spectacular the greatest full-day walks right) but it’s surely one of makes logistics a pain (see south to north. The geography main hills of the range from challenging crossing of all the Malvern ridge? This is an epic, cottage to Whiteleaved Oak. track. Follow track down past 1 L and climbs to path splits, keep R. signed Chase End Hill. Where

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Grade: Challenging 6 junction before Peacock Villa, L to reach farm track. Turn R.At ignoring paths and veering through woods to reach track take R fork and continue down continue N. Where paths split, Stone Hill summit. On far side, through woods to Ragged L, locate path L which ascends after 80m. As track bends sharp Turn L onto branchingtrack 3 Turn R and through kissing-gate 2 Midsummer Hill. Midsummer Hill. Continue uphill to summit Through gate and climb bank. turn L, through parking area. to brow of hill. Cross road and onto road. Turn R and continue GR ADIENT PROFILE Turn R and follow road R. ¾ mile/1.2km Descend on far side, 2 miles/3.3km 8 10

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midlands ✁ through a project called ‘Back moorland to the south. Here, as well as newly-restored known as the Devil’s Chair, includes a visit to the rock some of the best features and scrambles. This walk explores which offers short entertaining from rough jagged quartzite up close, these are formed see in the West Country. But, the tors you might expect to the crest of the ridge resemble a distance, the outcrops along remembered hills’ and, from the rest of Shropshire’s ‘blue Mynd is quite different from skyline to the west of the Long Stiperstones. This rocky

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threatened with invasion. whenever England is Wild Edric, who rides here for the ghost of a Saxon earl, direction, but keep an eye The views stretch in every oldest holly trees in Europe. are now marked by some of smallholdings on the hills reach the ore and their miners dug deep tunnels to archaeology. The old lead some fascinating industrial Stiperstones are home to The western slopes of the appreciate the rich colours. in late summer and you will replaced dark forestry – come to Purple’, heather has now 1 and go through small gate on L s GR ADIENT PROFILE Turn R on lane from car park Start p t shire i Time: 5 hours u 5 hours Time:

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he shro t 2¾ miles/4.25km Retrace steps and take and take steps Retrace 1½ miles/2.5km but turn R Don’t go over OS Explorer map 217 u u Continue to 6-bar gate by by 6-bar gate to Continue Nature boundary of National ahead on and walk Reserve next to heather through path ahead track grass Follow gate. and continue another gate to track bends L. Cross as track small buried reservoir below on L. gate 200m take and after in stile field to R and cross Veer bushes. Go L, with copse gorse on downhill on L, and walk and wood Go through path. stile. to down steeply continue 2 3 along fence – path through through – path along fence and distinct becomes trees buildings. farm to down swings next up to and walk stile Cross gate to 350m R for Turn track. land. Open Access leading to uphill and bend L at Continue ruined building. to next trees into of hill, with a drop top At walk turn L to Dingle, Mytton Hill. of Green out along crest to join rocky path along main path join rocky to Pass ridge. Stiperstones Chair as Devil’s known outcrop the high point to and continue with trig Rock, Manstone at climbing to by accessible point and 370m ahead for Walk top. through cairn on path R at fork Rock. Cranberry past heather, lane. at gates two to Descend track rising ahead and continue rising ahead and continue track R on track Turn T-junction. to 750m, ahead for and keep of tracks, a couple crossing 10 midlands