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In and Around CHURCH STRETTON DAYS OUT 1 Church Stretton DAYS OUT 1 Church Stretton DAYS OUT 1 Church Stretton Nestling in the majestic folds of the GETTING THERE Walking with Offa Long Mynd and Stretton Hills. You can find public transport options throughout Shropshire - www.travelshropshire.co.uk DAYS OUT Church Stretton is a picturesque market town where or contact Traveline on 08712 002233. you can stroll through history, enjoying authentic independentChalet shops and wholesome locally produced BY TRAIN: Church Stretton is a stop on the Cardiff to food and drink,Pavilion amidst some of the finest scenery Carding Mill Valley Manchester train service. It is also a stop on the Heart of in England. Many walks start from Church Stretton, B5477 Wales, one of the most scenic lines in Britain, including the ‘Walkers are Welcome’ series of www.heart-of-wales.co.uk. waymarked walks which guide you onto the Long Leisure Mynd and into the Stretton Hills. Available from Centrethe BY BUS: 435 Shrewsbury to Ludlow service, Mon – Sat. Visitor Information Centre and local shops. A49 Church Stretton is served by the weekend Shuttle buses, The Burway Townbrook Valley May to September, see www.shropshirehillsshuttles.co.uk BY CAR: Shuttle Bus Rectory High Street Pay & display car parking is on Easthope Road, SY6 6BX Stop Chalet Woods Sandford Ave Pavilion and Lutwyche Road, SY6 6AT (public toilets at both). Carding Mill Valley St Laurence’s B5477 B4371 Church BY COACH: Leisure The Coach drop off point is on Beaumont Road. Centre Longmynd There is a pay and display coach park on the A49 side of Hotel A49 The Burway the railway station. Townbrook Valley CHURCH STRETTON w Walking with Offa Promoting the Welsh Shuttle Bus g i Rectory High Street t Stop in h Woods Sandford Ave k O l English border as a great place to get your boots a f f a W on, enjoy the beautiful countryside and indulge Walk Route St Laurence’s B4371 Church in and around Public Footpath in some fabulous food and drink. Bus/Coach Stop For more details contact the Shropshire Hills Area of Longmynd Tourist Hotel Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership on 01588 674080 Information CHURCH STRETTON CHURCH or see www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk Railway Station STRETTON Parking Toilets A series of 18 Walking with Offa waymarked Walk Route pub walks guides and the four Days Out in the Enjoy a tour around this Edwardian Picnic AreaPublic Footpath Bus/Coach Stop Shropshire Hills are downloadable from market town, through Rectory Wood to Tourist www.shropshirewalking.co.uk/walking-with-offa Information Carding Mill Valley. Allow two hours for Explore the town at your leisure Railway Station the walk and plenty of time to explore. A time line alongParking the outer wall of the Stretton Antique Centre chartsToilets the town from pre-history to the present day, and manyPicnic of Area the buildings have plaques detailing their history. The town was granted its first market The Welsh English Border – charter by King John in 1214 and the Edwardian frontages Shropshire Hills where King Offa met his match! in Sandford Avenue date from the town’s expansion in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty the early 20th Century. This project has been supported by Advantage West Midlands’ Natural Assets Programme in partnership with Natural England. in the Shropshire Hills Walking with Offa 1 In and around DAYS OUT CHURCH STRETTON ANNUAL EVENTS CIRCULAR WALK St Laurence’s Church through Rectory Woods to Carding Mill Valley. Church Stretton May Fair A church has stood on this site since Saxon May Bank Holiday. A traditional country fair. Start at St Laurence’s Church times (look out for the rare carved fertility From the Market Square head up the narrow Churchway, symbol, a ‘sheela na gig’, on the outer Church Stretton Community and with the church on your left. Cross the road and go wall). The church and The Bucks Head (in Walking Festivals, first half of June. through the gates into Rectory Field. Follow the clearly the High Street) were the only buildings to The community festival fills the town for trodden path across the field, up steps and through the survive the Great Fire of 1593. a day with stalls and entertainments, plus kissing gate on the right into Rectory Wood. Take the an evening open-air concert. marked lower track and follow it round slightly left to the Rectory Wood www.churchstretton.co.uk. bridge by a yew-ringed pool. Landscaped in the 18th Century by the local Rector, The 3-day Walking Festival features walks Cross the bridge (the information board gives historical supposedly influenced by his friend Lancelot ‘Capability’ of varying lengths, suitable for all ages details) and take the path left, round the pool, past a gothic Brown, the famous British landscape architect. and levels of ability. folly (later converted to a pump house). Follow this lower www.churchstrettonwalkingfestival.org.uk path, then bear right up through a gate. Follow the stony Carding Mill Valley track and soon it bends sharply and steeply to the right. Church Stretton Arts Festival, end July-August – two Owned by the National Trust, this is one Follow this path to the tarmaced Burway Road, go straight weeks of musical events, dramas and talks for all tastes, of the Long Mynd’s most spectacular (and across down the stony track into Carding Mill Valley and plus a youth performance project and the largest Arts & popular) valleys. The history of the valley head to the National Trust Information Point, gift shop Crafts Exhibition in the county. is explained in the Chalet Pavilion tearoom and tearooms. www.churchstrettonfestival.org.uk (moved from Switzerland in the early 1920s). From the tearooms you may wish to continue up the www.nationaltrust.org.uk, 01694 723068 Long Mynd Hike valley road to the top car park. Here you will find an First weekend in October. A 50 mile race across the information board showing various walks including the The Shropshire Hills AONB Shropshire Hills, starting and finishing in Church Stretton. More details on www.longmyndhike.org.uk. short stroll to New Pool Hollow and the reservoir. The Long Mynd and Church Stretton are part of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Retrace your steps from the tearooms, bearing right off Beauty (AONB). Designated in 1958 as one of Britain’s finest USEFUL INFORMATION the valley road, up the track and re-crossing the Burway landscapes, the AONB covers nearly a quarter of Shropshire www.churchstretton.co.uk Road, turn left at the top pool to reach the gate into and offers a wide variety of well-kept walks and bridleways www.walkersarewelcome.org.uk Rectory Wood. Here you may return to Church Stretton through the fabulous countryside. Visitor Information Centre, via the easy path on which you came, through Rectory www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk Church Street, 01694 723133 Wood and Field. Or, bear right and take the footbridge and steps. At the end of the handrail follow the waymarked path to the right and up through the woods The Longmynd Hotel SHROPSHIRE HILLS and through a kissing gate. Follow the grassy track down The hotel was built around 1900 as a SHUTTLES and straight on to a gate, leading to Rectory Wood car “Hydropathic Establishment” where water Church Stretton is the starting point for park. Head through the gate to visit the Longmynd Hotel was used for pain-relief and treating two Shuttle bus routes taking you to the and Allen Coppice Woodland Walks and Sculpture Trail. illness. You are welcome to follow their hills. They run every weekend and Bank memorable woodland sculpture trail. Holiday Monday, Easter to September. To return to town (from the gate at Rectory Wood car www.longmynd.co.uk, 01694 722244. www.shropshirehillsshuttles.co.uk park) take the wide grassy track down the field to exit (as you entered) on to Church Street. © Crown copyright and database rights 2011 Ordnance Survey 100049049 You are not permitted to copy, sub-licence, distribute or sell any of this data to third parties in any form..
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