Route 3 – Across the River Tern to Hodnet 3 At the T-junction in Stoke on Tern turn right and cycle Further information past the church and over the river, turn first right opposite (Total 16 miles / 26km) Cotton Farm An interesting cycle route taking in Tern Hill Airfield and Old Tourist information 4 Go through the gates at the end of the road. Cross the A53 Colehurst Manor as well as the pretty villages of Stoke on Tern, Market Drayton Visitor Information Centre: Hodnet bypass via the cycle track and carry straight on to Wollerton and Hodnet. Easy cycling but with some cycling on Tel: 01630 653114 Wollerton (take care) Email: [email protected] busy roads. Whitchurch Heritage and Tourist Information Centre: Wollerton Tel: 01948 664577 1 Leave the town along Newtown, past the Swimming Centre In the village you will find Wollerton Old Hall Garden, a three- Email: [email protected] and onto Walkmill Road. Turn left signposted for the golf acre formal garden developed around a 16th Century house course and go over the River Tern Cycle shops with tearoom. Open Easter to end of August, Fridays and 2 Cycle uphill past the golf course and carry straight on to the Sundays (12-5pm) Brenin Cycles: 79 Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton. junction of the A41. Go straight over (take care) and follow Tel: 01630 656614 Sales and repairs 5 Just past Wollerton Old Hall Gardens turn left (next to old brick the road past the airfield to Stoke on Tern pound). Go over disused railway and turn left on to the old Discover Tern Hill Airfield main road to Hodnet village Shropshire by The airfield started work in World War I as a base for the Royal Hodnet Flying Corps. In World War II it was brought back into use by Hodnet is one of the most attractive villages in North bike the Royal Air Force and is now an army base. In 1989 it suffered It’s great to get out and Shropshire; it is filled with Shropshire’s typically beautiful an attack by the IRA – luckily no one was killed. about on a bike in Shropshire. black and white houses. Hodnet’s centrepiece, for which it Discover hundreds of miles of Stoke on Tern most well-known, is its Hall and Gardens which were started National Cycle Network routes Home of St Peter’s Church built in 1874. Look for the grave of the in 1921 by Brigadier A.G.W. Heber-Percy, who spend 30 years along quiet lanes, explore “Shropshire Giant”, Thomas Dutton, born in 1853, who was 7’3” transforming the landscape from a boggy marsh to splendid traffic-free trails along old and renowned for his great strength. Next-door is “millennium formal garden. Today the 19th century mansion stands in railways and waterways, monolith” with a special map of the parish and picnic area. the grounds, which are open to groups by appointment. The follow the cycle rides from Heber-Percy family still lives in the ancestral Moreton Say © Crown copyright and database rights 2012 historic towns and get muddy Route 3 Ordnance Survey 100049049 home. on mountain bike tracks in A53 woods and forests. 6 From the centre of Hodnet continue on the A41 Longford Bletchley main road (A442) and turn left down Station Other Road. Go past the old station, through the RO MARKET DRAYTON M AN RO wooden gate and cross the A53 Hodnet bypass publications Salisbury River Tern A529 on the special cycle track (take care). Cycle www.travelshropshire.co.uk AD Hill Shropshire Council 01743 253008 A53 Golf through Stoke on Tern and continue towards Wistanswick Travel information Ternhill 7 At Heathcote turn left at the crossroads onto Mainline railway stations are at Shrewsbury, Wem and Manor Whitchurch. Visit www.nationalrail.co.uk or phone 08457 484950. Farm Rosehill Road (next to the primary school) Trains carry 2 bikes per train (reservations are essential). Information 8 At the T-junction with the A41 cross straight on all bus, coach and train services in Shropshire area call Traveline: over (take care) and follow the small lane to A53 0871 200 2233 • www.travelshropshire.co.uk the next T-junction, turn left and cycle past Old Tern Hill Airfield Ordnance Survey maps Mill House Colehurst Manor Explorer 243 Market Drayton Rosehill Old Colehurst Manor Wollerton Explorer 241 Shrewsbury Stoke A medieval manor house reputed to be the court Heath A41 of North Shropshire. A Grade 1 building rescued Artwork by MA Creative: www.macreative.co.uk. from dereliction in the 1980s with restored 17th Based on routes designed and written by Chris and Kay Dartnell Crickmery of Wheely Wonderful Cycling Wistanwick century gardens. Occasional open days or by Dismantled River Tern Sweet Railway Appletree special appointment Part funded by the Department for Transport Hodnet Heathbrock Heathcote 9 At the next T-junction turn right signposted Please note that, while the publishers take every care to be Hall Stoke on Tern Sutton. Follow this road past the golf course accurate, no liability or responsibility will be accepted in any A442 circumstances whatsoever, should anyone experience any Stoke and back to Market Drayton. At the T-junction Cotton Manor inaccuracies, loss, damage or injury. This leaflet/map should Hodnetheath turn right back to the town centre be used solely on this understanding. Farm 0 1 Kilometres 3 Edition#5 March 2012 2 Route 4 – Audlem and around Cheshire 8 Cycle through Shavington Park and turn first right signposted (Total 19 miles / 30km) Spoonley. Continue through parkland. Just past the pair of gatehouses turn right signposted Moreton Say and Calverhall A fantastic route taking in beautiful countryside and pretty 9 Go over the River Ducklow and uphill. At the crossroads go villages including the canalside village of Audlem. This route is straight on to Moreton Say suitable for more experienced cyclists, following roads that can Market be busy at times and offers an option to use the towpath to Moreton Say FREE enter Audlem Home to St Margaret’s Church, built in 1200. To the right hand side of the front door is a tablet reading “Robert Lord Clive 1 Leave Market Drayton along Rowan Road. At the T-junction 1725-1774 founder of the British Empire in India, baptized and Drayton turn right onto Fairfields and right at the next T-junction buried in this church”. following Cycle Route 75 towards Norton-in-Hales and Audlem ! At Moreton Say turn left to Market Drayton. Cycle through Norton-in-Hales Longford and straight on to Market Drayton. Go under the Home to St Chad’s church, which dates from the 12th Century, Cycle Rides bypass and turn left onto Shrewsbury Road back to the town rebuilt in Victorian times. Out on the village green is a great centre boulder called “Bradling Stone” on which it was the custom to “bradle” or bump any man Route 4 Audlem Buerton or boy found still working after noon on Shrove A525 Tuesday. Lightwood Chapel End Green A525 Brown's 2 At the junction with the pub turn left Royal's Bank signposted Audlem. Follow this small country Green Swanbach Kinsey Heath lane up to Mere Farm and cross the border Butterley Heys into Cheshire Woodhouse Farm Heywood Coxbank 3 Go downhill and turn first left into Bagley Farm Holly Farm Highfields Lane signposted Adderley Wilkesley Farm A529 Dismantled Mere Farm Railway Cheshire 4 After about a mile the road crosses the Pool Shropshire Union Canal at Coxbank Bridge. To House Shropshire Hawksmoor visit Audlem follow the towpath along a well Cheshire made track for 1 mile to the village centre Shropshire Adderley Hall Adderley Farm Audlem The canalside village is home to a flight of 15 Shavington Park locks on the Shropshire Union Canal. The locks Bankhouse Farm Norton 1 The Lees 2 drop 93ft over 1 ⁄ miles. The canalside pub, the l in Hales a n “Shroppie Fly”, is named after the flyboats, fast Big Pool a Ridgwardine Tittenly Pool C horse-drawn passenger waterbuses used in the n o i canal’s heyday. Tittenley Farm n U Betton Tern e r Wood i er Newstreet Rhiews h 5 From the bridge go straight on and turn next s A529 Riv Lane p o left to Coxbank r h Betton S Cheadle Oakley 6 At Coxbank turn first right down Chapel Orchard Lane (next to the old chapel). Go over the B5415 old railway line bridge and down to the main Brownhills road. Cross directly over into Heywood Lane Styche Hall Victoria Wharf (take care) Audley Brow Longslow A53 Four cycle routes around 7 At the next T-junction turn left towards River Duckow Betton Mill Wharf Market Drayton following quiet Shavington Park MARKET Moreton Say lanes and country roads Shavington Park DRAYTON SCALE: A53 Established in 1685, the parkland (and some 0 1 Kilometres 2 3 From 6–24 miles (10–38km) Longford buildings) still remains but sadly the grand hall Bletchley was demolished in 1958. © Crown copyright and database rights 2012 Ordnance Survey 100049049 www.travelshropshire.co.uk About the cycle routes Route 1 – To Tyrley Locks (Total 6 miles/ 10km) 1 Leave the town along Newtown, past the Swimming Centre and onto Walkmill Road. Turn left signposted for the golf course Cycling is one of the best ways to soak up the unspoilt landscapes A short, easy cycle route including some cycling on busy roads. and go over the River Tern. and experience the unique features of the environment and This route crosses the Shropshire Union Canal at the pretty villages of North Shropshire.