Guilden Down a 3 Hour (Approx.) 5 Mile Circular Walk Through Radnor Wood, Around Steppleknoll and Back to Clun Steppleknoll Via Guilden Down

Clun is one of the stops on Castle Connect, a weekend Shuttle bus, which runs between Easter and September. Important information for visitors www.shropshirehillsshuttles.co.uk about the Country Code: Sunnyhill • Take your litter home Hoar Wood • Close gates behind you • Keep dogs under control at all times Bury Ditches Hillfort Clun Walk 2: Guilden Down A 3 hour (approx.) 5 mile circular walk through Radnor Wood, around Steppleknoll and back to Clun Steppleknoll via Guilden Down. Guilden Down Horrock This moderately easy walk starts and finishes at the Stepple Memorial Hall Car Park. The route follows footpaths through fields and green lanes, forestry paths and quiet lanes. It goes through a farm and there may be stock in the surrounding fields. An alternative route Key to map is suggested at point 5 which avoids some of the Walk Route fields and all the stiles. Rights of Way Other paths Radnor Wood Woodland A488

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D LLW OA YN ROAD R ON HT IG KN 9 Leave the main Walk 2: Guilden Down forestry track when you see the fingerpost ‘Clun’ on your left. 1 Turn left out of the car park onto the lane Follow the track past with the Youth Hostel the pond and through the field gate on the on your right and Lake bridleway. This track joins the lane down to Clun House Cottages on your at Guilden Down Farm. left. At Guilden Down follow the lane down through 2 The first footpath on 4 Following the path to the edge of the wood, 6 Continue along the farm. the right cuts diagonally turn left through the small metal gate into the the track/footpath; across two fields to the field. Turn right. Steppleknoll can be seen ahead. when you reach ! After about half green lane leading to The path follows the edge of the wood to the Stepple Farm go a mile on the lane Radnor Wood. field gate then diagonally across the next field through the centre of the Shropshire Way is To avoid the three stiles via a plank bridge over a small stream. the farm after which signposted on the right. on this footpath, continue the track veers left. This route will take you on the lane and turn right 5 Walk towards diagonally across two onto the bridleway. The Steppleknoll to where 7 At the stile take fields with stiles to Lake paths soon merge. the footpath meets a the footpath to the House. Otherwise stay track. Turn right going left; the track is not on the lane back to the Cross the stile at the field through the large very visible but if you Clun Memorial Hall car park. boundary and follow the wooden gate. follow the edge of footpath up the green To avoid going the wood above a small ‘quarry’ you will come lane. The bridleway through fields with to the stile for the path which merges with the merges from the left (see stock, the farm yard forestry track. 2) and two stiles, climb 8 Follow the forestry track to the T junction up the bank directly with a larger forestry track. Turn left to continue 3 Cross the small in front of you, go back to Clun. stream via the footbridge. through the field gate Follow the green lane and turn right onto the forestry track. This merges If you wish to visit Bury Ditches, turn right at the to the bridle gate into a with the footpath on the right at point 7 T-Junction (point 8). This forestry road takes you field; the path follows the to Bury Ditches car park. The path to the Hill Fort is hedgerow uphill into a To do a shorter version of this walk, turn left on the clearly signposted from there, including a circular If you have enjoyed sunken path. forestry track once you have climbed the bank and walk back to the point you are presently at. This this walk, look out for gone through the gate. This track merges with the would add approximately 3 miles (1.5 hours) to your this book, available At the field gate at the main route at the pond just after point 9. route. locally (£5.95). Walks top of the rise, enter range from 2 – 14 Radnor There are miles and are graded Wood and fine views leisurely to strenu- take the to the south ous. It includes local bridleway looking points of interest – on the left towards which goes Clunbury history, archaeology, down the Hill. wildlife and more. hill. To buy direct see https://sites.google. com/site/clunwalkinggroup