Path near Corndon Cottage Corndon near Path in a fence. There are glimpses down into the the into down glimpses are There fence. a in
Pass through a gate on the now grassy track. track. grassy now the on gate a through Pass
hedge and then slightly left up to a field gate gate field a to up left slightly then and hedge
Fawr ahead and Corndon Hill away on the right. right. the on away Hill Corndon and ahead Fawr
this ancient track onwards, though a gate in a a in gate a though onwards, track ancient this
The landscape feels much wilder as you see Lan Lan see you as wilder much feels landscape The
of Old Church Stoke. You follow the line of of line the follow You Stoke. Church Old of
route of an old green way up to the hamlet hamlet the to up way green old an of route
Cowlton.
along the long line of trees which mark the the mark which trees of line long the along
you. Eventually you reach a ruined house at at house ruined a reach you Eventually you.
3 Keep left round the edge of the field and then then and field the of edge the round left Keep
wonderful views which open up around around up open which views wonderful
Corndon Hill. Follow this lane enjoying the the enjoying lane this Follow Hill. Corndon view up to Todleth and Roundton Hills. Hills. Roundton and Todleth to up view
an ancient route which climbs up towards towards up climbs which route ancient an into another field. From here you get a good good a get you here From field. another into
end, passing a house called The Pant. This is is This Pant. The called house a passing end,
ditch to find a small footbridge back across across back footbridge small a find to ditch
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Take the small lane on the left signed as a dead dead a as signed left the on lane small the Take ahead. Turn immediately right following the the following right immediately Turn ahead.
field cross a ditch in the direction of the house house the of direction the in ditch a cross field
the corner of the field. After the next, smaller smaller next, the After field. the of corner the , below. , 15 Point at Hike Hills
Follow the line of a hedge to reach a gate in in gate a reach to hedge a of line the Follow Three Three the rejoin here, From track. a to down
stile to reach another at the end of the field. field. the of end the at another reach to stile couple of houses and through a small gate, gate, small a through and houses of couple
from prehistoric times to the present day. day. present the to times prehistoric from
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Follow the left hand edge of the field, over a a over field, the of edge hand left the Follow
curls round the foot of Roundton Hill, past a a past Hill, Roundton of foot the round curls
area around has been a focus for human activity activity human for focus a been has around area
footpath alongside a small stream. The path path The stream. small a alongside footpath
find a stile behind into a field. field. a into behind stile a find by a volcanic intrusion of hard dolerite rock. The The rock. dolerite hard of intrusion volcanic a by
there’s an information panel. Follow the the Follow panel. information an there’s
Turn right between two rows of garages to to garages of rows two between right Turn The upland mass of Corndon Hill was formed formed was Hill Corndon of mass upland The
footbridge into the nature reserve where where reserve nature the into footbridge
the road sign right towards Crosslikey Close. Close. Crosslikey towards right sign road the
to the top of the hill! the of top the to Carry on to find a stile on the right and a tiny tiny a and right the on stile a find to on Carry
short residential road ahead and then follow follow then and ahead road residential short
the right. You face a steep climb straight up up straight climb steep a face You right. the right signed to Roundton Hill Nature Reserve. Reserve. Nature Hill Roundton to signed right
immediately opposite. Through this, take the the take this, Through opposite. immediately
so until you see a small gate and stile up on on up stile and gate small a see you until so the lane ahead downhill, ignore the junction junction the ignore downhill, ahead lane the
main road with care to reach a wooden gate gate wooden a reach to care with road main
along the track ahead for a further 300m or or 300m further a for ahead track the along
short loop back towards Churchstoke. Follow Follow Churchstoke. towards back loop short
Shopping Centre’s lower car park, cross the the cross park, car lower Centre’s Shopping
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To climb up and over Corndon Hill, continue continue Hill, Corndon over and up climb To
From here you can take a detour on to the the to on detour a take can you here From 1 From the entrance to the Churchstoke Churchstoke the to entrance the From
Approx 5km, allow 2½ hours 2½ allow 5km, Approx
Corndon, Roundton and Todleth and Roundton Corndon,
. 12 Point
Todleth – Churchstoke
The Three Hills Hike – Churchstoke, Churchstoke, – Hike Hills Three The
at path the Re-join Cottage. Corndon
Short Loop Loop Short
ancient trackway which eventually reaches reaches eventually which trackway ancient Route description Route
beneath the old spoil heaps This is another another is This heaps spoil old the beneath
keep right and descend along a fenceline fenceline a along descend and right keep
Castle Ring House. House. Ring Castle gate on the right. Follow the track ahead, ahead, track the Follow right. the on gate The summit rest stop, Corndon Hill Corndon stop, rest summit The
reaching a junction next to a cottage called called cottage a to next junction a reaching To follow the medium loop, take the bridle bridle the take loop, medium the follow To
onto the lane. Follow the lane uphill until until uphill lane the Follow lane. the onto
Approx 8km, allow 3½ hours 3½ allow 8km, Approx
stiles. Turn right and cross a house driveway driveway house a cross and right Turn stiles.
Churchstoke – Roundton – Todleth – Roundton – Churchstoke
and diagonally up the slope to cross two more more two cross to slope the up diagonally and
little further to a stile into a field on the left left the on field a into stile a to further little Medium loop Medium
to a gate that has a stile beside it. Climb up a a up Climb it. beside stile a has that gate a to
4 Cross the road junction to a track opposite up up opposite track a to junction road the Cross
either side. side. either uphill, to Old Church Stoke. Church Old to uphill,
point where there are several field gates on on gates field several are there where point which takes you onto the lane and follow this, this, follow and lane the onto you takes which
the track for another 1.5km until you reach a a reach you until 1.5km another for track the
walk further up. Look for a stile in the hedge hedge the in stile a for Look up. further walk
6 From the ruined building at Cowlton, follow follow Cowlton, at building ruined the From overgrown lane through the hedge as you you as hedge the through lane overgrown
The Three Hills Hike The Three Churchstoke, or Yr Ystog, is overlooked by the hills of Todleth, Roundton and Corndon. Hills Hike A challenging 11km walk over the historic The walks explore the three hills in a series hills above Churchstoke, with short of loops. You can choose between a short and medium route variations. loop, as far as Todleth, a medium loop, which gives you the option of climbing to the top of Roundton Hill, and the more challenging Three Hills Hike, which takes you up and over all three of the hills.
Explore this ancient landscape to discover Public transport an Iron-Age Hill Fort, Bronze-Age cairns There is access to Churchstoke by bus from and a National Nature Reserve. There are Welshpool, Montgomery and Newtown. An early many wonderful views and wildlife along start from Shrewsbury will get you there too, the way... but you’ll need to change buses at Montgomery. Otherwise you can reach the medium loop walk via the bus stop near White Grit along the A488
Bus timetables are available at: www.minsterleymotors.co.uk
For more information on the archaeology of the Stiperstones and Corndon area, please visit: records.stiperstonesandcorndon.co.uk
The Stiperstones & Corndon Hill Country Landscape Partnership Scheme A programme of work to raise awareness of, enhance and celebrate local history and wildlife.
Abandoned house, Cowlton www.macreative.co.uk design and photography by MA Creative Leaflet Cairn Priest Weston