7 * Route 3: Leintwardine Loops Carry straight on past the Vinnalls car park on the left. OR Carry straight on along the well made stone track, go Route 4 Clee St Further information to do the first loop only, turn left here into this car park. around a black vehicle barrier and pass picnic tables Margaret Total distance: One loop 8 miles (13km), There is a large wooden green Forestry Commission sign, on the left. Take the first well made track off to the left titled the Vinnalls, at the entrance (Skip to *) and down hill, which is unsigned (the main track carries Medieval Nearest Visitor Information Centres two loops 16 miles (26km), three loops 23 miles (35km) Cold Weston Great Sutton Village Ludlow: Castle Street 01584 875053 Total climbing: One loop 270 metres, Mortimer Forest: The geology of this area is of world straight on up hill). Stoke 15 14 Craven Arms: Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre 01588 676010 two loops 500 metres, three loops 600 metres significance. So much so that the famous 19th century + Pass a small reservoir on the left. Take Care as the track is St Milborough Church Stretton: At library in Church Street 01694 723133 geologist Sir Roderick Murchison used the name of Ludlow fairly rough from here. 13 FREE Tenbury Wells: Teme Street 01584 810136 to define 440 million year old rocks as Ludlovian, a term that 12 Ludlow , Pass a corrugated steel barn on the left with a white 1 Turn right out of the station and then right at the traffic is now used worldwide. Travel Information cottage behind it. The track then swings to the left, Hayton’s Bent lights next to Tesco supermarket. 16 Nearest mainline stations: Ludlow 8 After passing through Pipe Aston, turn right at this continue straight ahead which is unsigned. 10 2 11 For rail travel call 08457 484950 • www.nationalrail.co.uk On the left hand bend turn left, signed Linney Riverside junction, signed Leintwardine. bu Hopton Cycle Rides Park (just before the Honda motorbike showroom) Turn left at the T-junction with the main road. Take Care. Cangeford For bus travel call 0870 6082608 9 Ignore the road off to the right signed Burrington Only, Soon after, pass the Moor Park School entrance on the 3 At the T-junction turn left uphill, signed town centre (black Cleestanton Medieval Ordnance Survey Maps carry straight on past a cream coloured half-timbered right. Village fingerpost). One hundred metres later turn right, which house on the right. bl 9 Landranger 137 Ludlow & Church Stretton is unsigned, next to house number 40 Dinham (stone Turn left at this T-junction, signed Ludlow. Take Care. Use Burrington: There are six very early cast iron tomb slabs in the mirror opposite to look right. Arrive back at 5, The B4364 Cycling Contacts cottage with a high curved stone wall opposite). Then, at the first crossroad, carry straight on into Silk Mill Lane. the churchyard. One is for Richard Knight (1659 – 1745) who Charlton Arms Hotel, and retrace route from earlier. Pearce Cycles – cycle sales, repairs & hire, Fishmore Road, set up a forge nearby at Bringewood. 17 Bitterley Ludlow, SY8 3DP 01584 879288 4 At this T-junction turn right through an archway under a 8 ! Carry straight on, signed Leintwardine. OR to do two loops Middleton Wheely Wonderful Cycling – cycle hire centre & cycling building, passing the Wheatsheaf Pub on the left. 18 only, turn left here, signed Leinthall Starkes (Skip to () Route 4: Edge of the Clee holidays, Petchfield Farm, Elton, Ludlow, SY8 2HJ 01568 770755 5 Henley At the traffic lights carry straight on over the bridge, Total distance: 18 miles (29km) 7 A4117 # A49 Terry’s Cycles – cycle hire & repairs, 6 Castle Hill, All Stretton, signed Richard's Castle. Immediately after crossing the Follow the road round to the right, signed Leintwardine. Total climbing: 280 metres 6 SY6 6JX 01694 723302 bridge, pass the Charlton Arms Hotel on the right, then $ Follow the road round to the left, signed Leintwardine River Snitton Discover Shropshire by bike take the first right, signed Burrington. (next to a white cottage). Teme 19 1 LUDLOW 1 Turn left out of the station, up the hill and turn right at It's great to get out and about on a bike in Shropshire. Discover 6 Arrive at Whitcliffe Common with great views of Ludlow Roman Fort of Branogenium: This major Roman settlement 2 Lower Ledwyche Knowbury the traffic lights. Then follow the road round to the left at 4 hundreds of miles of National Cycle Network routes along quiet Castle to the right. Carry straight on ignoring the unsigned underlies the present village of Leintwardine. The settlement Somerfield supermarket. Ludford 3 5 Ledwyche lanes, explore traffic-free trails along old railways and waterways, road off to the right. dates back to AD70 and the fort was constructed in AD160. B4361 Brook A49 Wooton 2 After passing the police station on the right, take the follow the cycle rides from historic towns % Turn left at the unsigned T-junction opposite the Lion Hotel. second right into Steventon Road. and get muddy on mountain bike tracks in Pass over the bridge and take the immediate left, which is © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Shropshire Council 100049049. 2010 woods and forests. unsigned except for a Paytoe Industrial Estate sign. 3 Turn left over the bridge, signed Caynham. Other Publications & Turn left, signed Ludlow, just before the black and white 4 Turn right and use the cycle track and toucan crossing to & Turn left, signed Cold Weston. www.shropshirecycling.co.uk Paytoe Hall. Then arrive back at # and turn right, signed carry straight on over the A49. ( Turn left, signed Ludlow. www.shropshire.gov.uk/cycling.nsf Ludlow. Back at ! turn 5 Turn left, signed Henley. ) Carry straight on, signed Ludlow. Shropshire Council A4117 right, signed Leinthall Route 3 B4361 6 Turn left signed Ludlow. Take Care. * Take Care. Very steep downhill stretch with a sharp right 01743 253008 A4113 2 Starkes. Priors Halton hand bend at the bottom. FREE 1 Shrewsbury ( At this T-junction turn 7 Turn right signed Bitterley. Take Care. Acknowledgements: Cycle Rides Bringewood Forge 4 LUDLOW left, signed Ludlow. 8 Ignore the unsigned road off to the left and carry straight + Turn left at this T-junction, signed Ludlow. Soon after, pass With thanks to local cyclists Lindsey 1 Leintwardine 3 Whitclie Common 6 5 Pearce Cycles on the left. Pearce, Chris Dartnell, George Reiss, ) Just after Wheely on, signed Clee Hill. Immediately after Bitterley Primary 12 Malcolm Oxborrow and Peter Walker who 13 Bringewood Ludford Wonderful Cycling, follow School turn left, signed Clee Stanton. , Turn right at the T-junction leading under the railway Branogenium helped devise the original routes & whose 7 bridge. Then take the first left after the Bridge Pub into Roman Fort B4361 the road around to the 9 Follow the road round to the left and turn right, signed Four rides into the countryside local knowledge and experience has proved around Shrewsbury Corve Street. At the next T-junction turn left. Then, at the Following quiet lanes A49 left, signed Ludlow. Go Clee Stanton. and bridleways 17 from 10–29 miles 18 (16–46 km) traffic lights by Tesco supermarket, turn left and return to invaluable in the production of this leaflet. High 19 21 through Elton, back to 11 Vinnalls ! Turn left, signed Stoke St Milborough. Take Care. 10 Burrington 20 8 and carry straight the railway station. Leaflet artwork by MA Creative www.macreative.co.uk 9 Pipe Aston Mortimer Overton on signed Ludlow. Back # Turn right, signed Stoke St Milborough. Take Care. Four cycle rides around Ludlow and Forest 14 at 7, on the brow of 8 $ Ignore a road off to the left, signed Hopton Cangeford, The Marches following quiet lanes Adforton the hill after the climb Elton Batchcott and carry straight on, signed Stoke St Milborough. and bridleways from Pipe Aston, turn 1 16 right into the Forestry Brown Clee Hill, at 540 metres (1771 feet), is the highest A4110 From 8–23 miles (13–37 km) Leinthall Commission's Vinnalls car point in Shropshire. Please note that, while the publishers take every care to be accurate, no liability or responsibility Starkes 15 Richards Castle will be accepted in any circumstances whatsoever, should anyone experience any inaccuracies, loss, park. % Follow the road round to the left, signed Stoke St Wigmore © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Shropshire Council 100049049. 2010 damage or injury. This leaflet/map should be used solely on this understanding. Edition#4 July 2010 Milborough. www.visitsouthshropshire.co.uk Ludlow Cycles.indd 1-2 02/08/2010 12:30 6 Ludlow Route 1: Racecourse Rendezvous 4 Turn left to Stanton Lacy (the road off to the right is signed Route 2: Orchard Ride Turn right, signed Brimfield, and then take the next left About the cycle rides The Hope) after the Temeside Inn, signed Leysters. Take Care on this Described by John Betjeman as “England’s finest town” Total distance: 8 miles (13km) Total distance: 19 miles (30km) busy road. and by Country Life magazine as “England’s finest market 5 Follow the road round to the left, signed Ludlow. Explore the stunning scenery surrounding Ludlow on Total climbing: 90 metres Total climbing: 180 metres 7 T urn left, signed Berrington. town”, Ludlow is steeped in tradition and history, but is 6 Turn left at the T-junction with the main road, signed these four graded cycle routes, Route 1 being the easiest: still very much a working town, a bustling centre of trade Ludlow.