BUCKNELL | Redlake and Teme BUCKNELL | Redlake and Teme BUCKNELL | Redlake and Teme

Walking with Offa 12 GETTING THERE: You can find public transport options Walking throughout at: Food, drink and accommodation www.travelshropshire.co.uk. 12 Imagine patrolling the border without a decent pub. with Offa Or contact Traveline on 08712 002233. How would Offa’s Dyke have been built without them? BY TRAIN: Bucknell is on the Heart of Wales railway line. Over a thousand years later, keep up the tradition and BY BUS: There is a regular scheduled service between stop for a drink or a bite to eat at the following: and Knighton (738/740). Bucknell and River Redlake Leintwardine are also served by Castle Connect, a 33 The Baron at Bucknell is a charming country inn with seat Shuttle bus which runs every weekend and Bank and Heronry excellent home cooked food and five luxury en-suite Holiday Mondays, from May to September – www. rooms, so you could enjoy the hospitality and then stay shropshirehillsshuttles.co.uk the night. Camping is also available. Contact Debbie and BY CAR: Car parking available at The Baron at Bucknell, Phil on 01547 530549, www.baronatbucknell.co.uk. SY7 0AH and in Leintwardine.

The Sun Inn at Leintwardine is one of “Britain’s true To get the best from your walk we recommend heritage pubs” and ’s CAMRA Pub of the comfortable walking boots, waterproof jacket and Year 2011. Ideal for walkers and dog friendly. A classic overtrousers, warm clothing, gloves and warm hat or sun example of a Parlour Pub and a Grade II listed building. cream and sun hat (depending on the season!), a mobile Locally brewed real ales and cider. Food available phone and something to eat and drink. Sheep and cattle from chip shop next door. Ploughman lunches can be are often in the fields on these routes – dogs must be provided for parties providing prior notice is received. kept under close control or on leads at all times. A flat, easy five mile linear walk Open 11am to 11pm (except Monday opens at 5.30pm). Walking with Offa Promoting the Welsh English border Tel 01547 540705 www.suninn-leintwardine.co.uk along the Redlake between Bucknell as a great place to get your boots on, enjoy the beautiful and Leintwardine taking around countryside and indulge in some fabulous food and drink. The Lion Bar, Restaurant and Rooms at For more details contact the Shropshire Hills Area two and a half hours. 7 stiles w g it Leintwardine provides locally sourced food, drink and in h of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership on k O l

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f a accommodation, with the restaurant having recently W 01588 674080 received its first AA rosette. Contact them on or see www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk 01547 540203 or www.thelionleintwardine.co.uk Many thanks to Mike Starr from Bucknell Fiddlers Elbow Fish and Chip shop is open for developing this walk. Photographs by Mike Starr. 5.30-8.30pm Tues to Thurs and 5.00-8.30pm Fri and Sat There are 18 pub walks in this series and four ‘Days Contact them on 01547 540262 Out’. Download, including podcasts, from www.shropshirewalking.co.uk/walking-with- offa. Turn your Smartphone into a complete The Welsh English Border - Griffiths Garage, Post Office and Shop sells a variety outdoors GPS. Download an app: www. viewranger.com and search for ‘Walking with where King Offa met his match! of drinks and snacks. It is open Monday to Saturday Offa’. A guide featuring twelve walks is available. 5.15am until 8pm and Sunday from 5.15am until 7pm. Contact them on 01547 540223 or visit One of a series of walks with www.griffithsgarage.co.uk spectacular views and glimpses of Shropshire Hills history, wildlife and archaeology. See www.exploremortimercountry.com for other Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty lovely places to stay in the area. This project has been supported by Advantage West Midlands’ Natural Assets Programme in partnership with Natural England. in the Shropshire Hills Walking River Redlake and Heronry A flat, easy five mile linear walk along the Redlake between Bucknell and with Offa 12 Leintwardine taking around two and a half hours. 7 stiles

Turn left out of The Baron of Beef, Bucknell, and Continue on past the lake towards the disused square, meadow, where a stile and a plank bridge take you into follow the road round to the church. red brick water reservoir, and then bear right and head a further large expanse of meadow. 1 Turn left in front of the church and follow the for the kissing gate (between two obvious trees). Beyond Directly ahead, just visible above the trees, is the footpath past the churchyard and along by the river into the gate head for the gap in the far left corner. Pass flagpole of Leintwardine church. Cross the meadow by the village. Cross the road onto a stony track opposite through this gap and cross the next field to the gate in keeping to the left of the ditch. On the far side you cross the Sitwell Arms, and pass through two kissing gates the corner. To your right is the hamlet of Buckton. a footbridge, where you turn right and head for another into the meadow beyond. Go to the far end of the field, 4 Once through the gate turn right and then bridge over the river . through a gate and then bear half right to the stile over immediately left at the No Through Road sign. Walk 6 Go over the bridge and follow the track to the right the railway. Ahead of you is the wooded Coxall Knoll, along the road for ½ mile, until you reach the buildings into Leintwardine village. which hides an iron-age hill fort. of Buckton Park. Do not enter the farm, but bear left 2 Turn left after the stile and walk along the edge of instead down a short track that takes you through a the field by the railway. Don’t go through the gap at the gate. CLUN end of field, but turn right and pass under the power 5 Cross the stile ahead of you and walk past some line until you reach the corner of the field by the end of delightful old barns to a further stile, which LUDLOW the wood. Above you is a stile partly obscured by a large leads to a large meadow. Make a beeline for the BUCKNELL hawthorn tree. Cross this stile into the meadow beyond. large clump of trees in the far left corner of this KNIGHTON Head for the house and cross the stile in the far corner. WIGMORE Go straight ahead past a red brick barn to the corner of the field, then turn right and walk along to the finger post in the hedge. Cross the stile and turn right onto the road. 3 Follow the road for about 40 yards , then turn left at the next finger post into a gently sloping field. Follow the path up the hill along a wide field margin, giving 3 open views of the Shropshire Hills. 2 6 Go through the kissing gate, walk ahead for a few yards to a corner and then head half right to another gate on the far side of the field. Once through the gate go over 1 the track and take the next gate ahead of you. 5 To your right you will see a line of trees, below which there 4 is a lake and a heronry. The herons seldom see people and are therefore very timid. Observe them by all means, but try to avoid disturbing the birds unnecessarily, particularly in the nesting season.

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