Further Information You Are Now Following Permissive Paths, Opened in Cross a Field to Another Stile

Further Information You are now following permissive paths, opened in cross a field to another stile. stile opposite following the right hand ‰ Follow the undulating track to eventually agreement with the landowner. Please keep to the field edge to cross a small bridge. turn left at the T junction going downhill. The path goes diagonally across the field Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre paths and keep your dog on a lead. 18 Cross the footbridge and turn right. Go but is head high with bracken in summer Go on, bearing left to a bridge over the School Road, Craven Arms SY7 9RS 22 on to a metal gate with a large pool to Cross the stile and follow the path that making navigation difficult. Instead Quinny Brook. Go left to a third bridge +44 (0) 1588 676010 the right. Go on to cross a stile, turning 13 climbs to the left, bear right to the follow the right hand hedge down then and go on, following the line of the old [email protected] right along the lane. After a short summit. left to reach a stile in the opposite field riverbank on your right. Cross the next WART HILL www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk distance you’ll reach a muddy ford on the corner. Cross this and turn right to follow stile and follow the right hand edge of the Travel information People lived here 3000 years ago. This small knoll was right. Cross the footbridge to climb to a the path down the hill and turn right field through a gate heading for Berrymill Mainline railway stations are at Shrewsbury, Church a small fortified homestead. Like today the Ancient stile into the fields. WANDER onto a broad muddy track. Cottage. Stretton, Craven Arms and Ludlow. For bus and train Britons could see other Iron Age farms and forts You are now crossing farmland. Please information call 0871 200 3333 scattered over the hill tops all around. Look northwest The Onny Trail follows the line of the heroically Pass the cottages following 23 keep your dog on a lead. Take extra care for Caer Caradoc, southwest to Burrows Hill and doomed Bishop’s Castle Railway (1865 – 1935). It was a track to a stile. Bear right where there are cows and calves. Guidelines for walkers southeast to Norton Camp. Beyond that even the vital to local life but was bankrupt for 69 of its 70 years. following the field edge to • Always wear suitable clothes and footwear Clees boast impressive earthworks. Many of its staff willingly worked for less than union cut the corner of the field to ‰ Head across the field bearing right up Pay attention to the weather and dress accordingly rates to keep it going. reach a wicket gate into the the slope to pass to the left of a line of Pass the trig point and go right at the • Please keep your dogs under close control at all times. wood. Follow the narrow mature trees. large, shaggy Western Hemlock spruce. Follow the trail straight on bearing right We recommend they be kept on a lead on farmland path to a double stile. Follow the contour around to take the 19 at the next fork, crossing several stiles. On a clear day you can look ahead to see Flounder’s • Take care in fields with livestock, especially if dog broad track on the left down the hill Keep the river on your left. The trail Go straight on through the Folly, a small tower on the ridge. In the distance you walking. Take extra care when crossing fields with 24 to reach a T junction. Go left along the opens into fields to eventually reach a gate on your right to follow the can see the Clee Hills. cows and calves forestry track to eventually reach a sharp very narrow lane with a bridge and ford left hand hedge to a stile. Cross Go left along a rutted track that follows • Leave gates as you find them right hand bend downhill. on the left. and go right to pass the Old School ‰ the ridge and then drops down to a field • Always try to keep to waymarked paths, unless on House at Halford. designated access land 14 Continue downhill to reach another The route continues left (past a pub!) If gate. Follow the track, bearing left past • Respect the countryside; protect wildlife, plants and junction. Turn left, heading downhill then you want a shorter way back, go right Go left at the lane and follow it past Castle Farm. climbing steeply zig-zagging uphill to along the lane to meet the Short Cut. 25 Halford church to meet the main trees. Take your litter home. Do not light fires or Follow the lane through Cheney Longville turn left up a surfaced track to the road. road. ‰ make unnecessary noise 20 Go left over the bridge and follow the to pass a crossroads. Go on to find a At the road turn left and then track to the road. Cross and follow the Go right to the bridge, then cross footpath on the right diagonally across a Other Secret Hills walks 15 immediately right to follow the track lane to the T junction. Go left past the 26 the road to a stile on the bridge. Drop field. Follow the footpath as it kinks right Riverside Ramble – a relaxing amble along the River Onny down the hill. You will pass through pub. down into the field and follow the river then left then through a hedge to reach Three Woods Walk – wander deer haunted woods several gates, which are usually left open. to reach a white metal bridge. the railway line. The Plough Inn is home on ancient paths past hidden fortresses and views of If any are locked, use the stiles next to of the highly regarded Cross the bridge into Newton and go Cross the railway line bearing right Stokesay Castle. them. ‰ Wood’s Brewery that brews 27 straight on to reach the Onny Meadows. across the next field to the busy A49 Hills & Dales Hike – you owe yourself this walk. Both its Pass the small cottage on the left to Shropshire Lad, a ‘must try’ Go right in the Meadows, back to the . Cross the stile opposite following views and climbs take your breath away! 16 reach a gateway into a field. The track for anyone new to Centre. footpath around the back of Newington Secret Hills Cycle Rides – the best way to explore the peters out here. Go diagonally right the county. Farm to reach the river. Go over the 631319

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Designed Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre If you are lucky to be here in spring you’ll be blown away Go through the kissing gate opposite and by the carpet of bluebells. Becoming rare, these delightful 7 cross the paddock to cross a small bridge flowers show that Sallow Coppice is a remnant of ancient and stile into a large open field. Head WART HILL woodland, many hundreds of years old. They also show across the field bearing right to pass to that you are standing on the limestone toe-tip of the the left of Bird’s Cottage ahead. Wenlock Edge, as they thrive in lime rich soil. WANDER 8 Cross the stile and go straight on to Go straight on following the right hand follow a sunken lane a short way up the Climb the Shropshire Way over Hopesay edge of the wood. Descend to eventually hill. Bear left away from the hedge to take a narrow track on the right, leading reach a stile and gate in Common to Wart Hill, an ancient hillfort. ILL WA to a road and turn right. H N the opposite corner. T D R E A Return along the River Onny in the tracks R

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I L W (Viroconium) east of Shrewsbury and Leintwardine. long, challenging, but rewarding walk. left along the edge of a L It’s called ‘Park Lane’ because it borders the edge of wood that is used to rear Allow 5 hours to complete the Stokesay Manor’s medieval deer park. So is it older or pheasants. Please keep your dog walk. Allow 4 hours for the shorter younger than the wood? on a lead. This walk mainly follows footpaths and is waymarked with YELLOW route. Bear right across the Clun Road to Keep going to turn left by the derelict 3 10 arrows. Blue arrows show the right go left to meet the new road. Cross and red brick building to come to a gate and of way is open to walkers, riders and HOW Complete route 10 miles/16km go left along the new pavement then stile. Continue along the field edge (very cyclists. Red arrows are for byeways FAR? 1 Shorter route 7 /2 miles/12km cross back to the first stile on the left boggy!) to reach a stile next to another and may be open to powered (Shropshire Way). field gate. Cross the stile on to Hopesay vehicles.’ Rough, expect mud & wet terrain. Common. 4 Head across the field to the corner of Walking poles recommended. the fence on your left. Cross the stile You may wish to continue straight on for a short way Walk Route and follow the hedge until you reach to the stand of larch and pine trees. The view across the Short Cut another stile. valley of Hopesay village and Burrow’s camp Iron Age Remember to take refreshments. hillfort is worth the detour. Caution: 5 Cross the stile and continue along the take care on busy roads hedge to reach a gate next to a narrow Turn right and follow the field edge to 11 Viewpoint stile. Go through the gate and turn right. reach the corner of the Common. On START in front of the Discovery Centre. Bear away from the hedge to cross a your right you will see a stile with an Castle 1 Turn left out of the car park and cross small footbridge at the top of the field. inscription on the finger post. It’s a quote Public House the main road (A49). Please take care Continue to a stile in the hedge ahead. from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, a when crossing the road . Go on along A-Roads Cross the lane and the double stile nineteenth century poem, but why it’s Dodd’s Lane, keeping the housing estate 6 opposite. Bear left away from the hedge, here we have no idea! B-Roads on your left, to meet a gravel track. crossing the field to reach a kissing gate Pass the stile and continue through the Follow the track under the railway bridge 12 Other roads to the left of Sibdon Castle. gate to follow the track down through along a grassy lane. Cross the stile at the another gate to the road. Go left to reach Railway end of the lane and turn left to follow the It’s thought that the ‘new’ castle, built in the 1600s a gate and stile on the right. Woodland hedge up the field. was built on the foundations of an earlier Norman fortification. Could some of the large parkland trees From here you can take the short cut, Hedgerows Cross the next stile and turn right along scattered around it be as old? details at the end of this guide. 2 the hedge to Sallow Coppice. Further Information You are now following permissive paths, opened in cross a field to another stile. stile opposite following the right hand ‰ Follow the undulating track to eventually agreement with the landowner. Please keep to the field edge to cross a small bridge. turn left at the T junction going downhill. The path goes diagonally across the field Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre paths and keep your dog on a lead. 18 Cross the footbridge and turn right. Go but is head high with bracken in summer Go on, bearing left to a bridge over the School Road, Craven Arms SY7 9RS 22 on to a metal gate with a large pool to Cross the stile and follow the path that making navigation difficult. Instead Quinny Brook. Go left to a third bridge +44 (0) 1588 676010 the right. Go on to cross a stile, turning 13 climbs to the left, bear right to the follow the right hand hedge down then and go on, following the line of the old [email protected] right along the lane. After a short summit. left to reach a stile in the opposite field riverbank on your right. Cross the next WART HILL www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk distance you’ll reach a muddy ford on the corner. Cross this and turn right to follow stile and follow the right hand edge of the Travel information People lived here 3000 years ago. This small knoll was right. Cross the footbridge to climb to a the path down the hill and turn right field through a gate heading for Berrymill Mainline railway stations are at Shrewsbury, Church a small fortified homestead. Like today the Ancient stile into the fields. WANDER onto a broad muddy track. Cottage. Stretton, Craven Arms and Ludlow. For bus and train Britons could see other Iron Age farms and forts You are now crossing farmland. Please information call 0871 200 3333 scattered over the hill tops all around. Look northwest The Onny Trail follows the line of the heroically Pass the cottages following 23 keep your dog on a lead. Take extra care for Caer Caradoc, southwest to Burrows Hill and doomed Bishop’s Castle Railway (1865 – 1935). It was a track to a stile. Bear right where there are cows and calves. Guidelines for walkers southeast to Norton Camp. Beyond that even the vital to local life but was bankrupt for 69 of its 70 years. following the field edge to • Always wear suitable clothes and footwear Clees boast impressive earthworks. Many of its staff willingly worked for less than union cut the corner of the field to ‰ Head across the field bearing right up Pay attention to the weather and dress accordingly rates to keep it going. reach a wicket gate into the the slope to pass to the left of a line of Pass the trig point and go right at the • Please keep your dogs under close control at all times. wood. Follow the narrow mature trees. large, shaggy Western Hemlock spruce. Follow the trail straight on bearing right We recommend they be kept on a lead on farmland path to a double stile. Follow the contour around to take the 19 at the next fork, crossing several stiles. On a clear day you can look ahead to see Flounder’s • Take care in fields with livestock, especially if dog broad track on the left down the hill Keep the river on your left. The trail Go straight on through the Folly, a small tower on the ridge. In the distance you walking. Take extra care when crossing fields with 24 to reach a T junction. Go left along the opens into fields to eventually reach a gate on your right to follow the can see the Clee Hills. cows and calves forestry track to eventually reach a sharp very narrow lane with a bridge and ford left hand hedge to a stile. Cross Go left along a rutted track that follows • Leave gates as you find them right hand bend downhill. on the left. and go right to pass the Old School ‰ the ridge and then drops down to a field • Always try to keep to waymarked paths, unless on House at Halford. designated access land 14 Continue downhill to reach another The route continues left (past a pub!) If gate. Follow the track, bearing left past • Respect the countryside; protect wildlife, plants and junction. Turn left, heading downhill then you want a shorter way back, go right Go left at the lane and follow it past Castle Farm. climbing steeply zig-zagging uphill to along the lane to meet the Short Cut. 25 Halford church to meet the main trees. Take your litter home. Do not light fires or Follow the lane through Cheney Longville turn left up a surfaced track to the road. road. ‰ make unnecessary noise 20 Go left over the bridge and follow the to pass a crossroads. Go on to find a At the road turn left and then track to the road. Cross and follow the Go right to the bridge, then cross footpath on the right diagonally across a Other Secret Hills walks 15 immediately right to follow the track lane to the T junction. Go left past the 26 the road to a stile on the bridge. Drop field. Follow the footpath as it kinks right Riverside Ramble – a relaxing amble along the River Onny down the hill. You will pass through pub. down into the field and follow the river then left then through a hedge to reach Three Woods Walk – wander deer haunted woods several gates, which are usually left open. to reach a white metal bridge. the railway line. The Plough Inn is home on ancient paths past hidden fortresses and views of If any are locked, use the stiles next to of the highly regarded Cross the bridge into Newton and go Cross the railway line bearing right Stokesay Castle. them. ‰ Wood’s Brewery that brews 27 straight on to reach the Onny Meadows. across the next field to the busy A49 Hills & Dales Hike – you owe yourself this walk. Both its Pass the small cottage on the left to Shropshire Lad, a ‘must try’ Go right in the Meadows, back to the . Cross the stile opposite following views and climbs take your breath away! 16 reach a gateway into a field. The track for anyone new to Centre. footpath around the back of Newington Secret Hills Cycle Rides – the best way to explore the peters out here. Go diagonally right the county. Farm to reach the river. Go over the 631319