CAR FREE WALKS Hills White Grit to Bishop’s Castle Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 6 On reaching the tarmac lane, turn right towards Linley/More , pass the mine and climb up past the ‘Old A linear walk via The Bog and Linley Beeches. Miners Arms’ for half a mile to a car park at Nipstone. Turn left here and walk through parking area and Allow: 6 hours ✪✪✪✪★ two gates. Cross the stile immediately on the right and the path skirts to the left of the rocks. OS Map: Explorer sheets 216 & 217 10 miles (16km), 25 stiles At the end of the rocks, bear left and across the heather to find a more prominent path. You are now You start this walk at the Old School joining the Shropshire Way which you follow all the way to Bishop’s Castle. House on the A488 (near the turning for White Grit). 7 Turn right here and follow this wide path along the hillside to cross a stile. Then descend to the right of Bus: 552/553 to Bishop’s Castle: Mon - Sat The Rock to a waymark post where you go left. The track bends to the left beneath the outcrop and drops down the hillside through gorse to a gate, offering magnificent views before it dips into the trees Key bus stops as follows: , , and exits onto a road. Go right and immediately left over a stile into the field. Walk down the field to the Bishop’s Castle (opposite the Boars Head, Church St.) footbridge and cross the stiles to enter a wood and rise right and up steeply to a stile and onto the road. For bus timetables and further information visit www.travelshropshire.co.uk or contact Traveline 0871 200 22 33. 8 Go right on the road and you will soon pass Ridge Farm. Go left through the second barred gate on the left. Dogs are allowed on the buses at the driver’s discretion; please contact the bus Climb steeply up with the fence on your left to reach a stile by woodland. Keep ahead alongside woodland. company direct for further information: 01743 791208 Cross the second stile beyond a field gate. Join a green way to the brow of the hill and by the wonderful trees on Linley Hill. Pass through a gate/stile and ignore the bridleway gate to the left but keep ahead to This walk takes you past the Bog Visitor Centre which includes refreshments, pass through another gate. local information and toilets. For open times see www.bogcentre.co.uk or call 9 Ease away from the tree line slightly right to cross a stile. Then go ahead to another gate to join the 01743 792484 (closed in winter). There is also a choice of cafes and pubs in magnificent trees known as the Linley Beeches where there are excellent views across the upper Onny Bishop’s Castle where you end the walk. Valley. Descend through the avenue of trees to a gate/stile and through the edge of the woodland to a Walk directions: lane where you turn left. 1 Follow the concrete drive behind the Old School House and go left at the fork along the drive to Gritt Farm. 10 Follow this down to a T junction. Turn right and walk along the road passing Linley Lodge on the left Turn right as you approach the farm buildings and head through a barred gate. Head straight across this field and turn left at the road junction heading towards More. Half a mile down the lane, take the gate on the to a double stile and wooden bridge. right. Bear left to the far end of the field and cross two stiles then ahead in the same direction to exit onto road at the edge of More hamlet. 2 Continue in the same direction to a stile (next to a gate) at the top of the bank. Climb over and continue down in the same direction to a second stile. 11 Cross the road and enter a field where you walk ahead through the remaining earthworks of an early motte and bailey castle. Bear left at the mound to cross a footbridge and keep ahead across a field Drop down the bank and head to a stile to the left of the woods. Once over continue ahead with the woods 3 and beneath an oak mid way. Go through a kissing gate into the next field and proceed ahead to on your right, Shelve Pool now becomes visible. Bear slightly left down to cross a footbridge. another small gate to Lydham village hall car park and the main road. (A short detour right is Harvest 4 Continue left and up to a double stile/gate and join the track to a waymarked post on the bank. Follow the Wholefoods, which stocks a wide range of food and refreshments, open Mon – Sat until 9am-5.30pm). waymarkers to a double stile/gate and cross the field down to a footbridge and over a stile. Bear left over the next 12 Cross this busy road and turn left to walk along the verge until you reach a wide farm track bearing off stile, then cross the field and over a stile in the top right corner next to a gate, heading towards . right. Follow this until you reach a large set of gates on the left. Go through and walk up alongside the 5 Bear right to a double stile and bridge and continue straight across to the woods and over the stile onto the wood and through a gate to then proceed through the woodland. Continue ahead to rise up alongside a track. Turn left to join the wide track alongside the wood and follow this straight to the Bog Visitor Centre hedge and look for a marker post. Turn right here to dip down into a field. Head diagonally across it to a (around half a mile). stile and enter road to the farm on your right.

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13 On reaching the road go right to walk down to a junction. Look for steps on the left of the 14 Leave the field through a small gate and the path now runs between hedges where it Information correct main road. Walk up the field with a hedge and wood to your right. On reaching the top opens up through rough ground, bear left through a gate to exit onto the road between as of March 2013 corner of the wood keep ahead crossing an open field to a stile in a hedge. Cross this (now houses. Turn right and straight onto a junction into Castle Street and then soon left entering Foxholes Campsite) and continue ahead alongside the hedge to your left. You between houses, just after Cross Keys Cottage. Pass by Bishop’s Castle Bowling Club and reach a gateway where you cut through left and then turn right in a small enclosure to straight on down the steep footpath onto Bull Street. Turn right and this leads into the pass through two gates and the path bends left to another gate. Walk across the field to a main street which you walk down to the bus stop opposite the Boar’s Head Pub. point to the left of the corrugated iron barn. For more Car Free Walks, visit www.shropshirewalking.co.uk/shropshire-way