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Home , Aqualate Mere, Lilleshall Hall, Market Drayton, Moreton Say, Oakengates, Telford

attended by Clive of . of Clive by attended

Telford Cycle Centre. Centre. Cycle . Four miles south of the are are town the of south miles Four Midlands.

and The Old Free Grammar School (1558), (1558), School Grammar Free Old The and

zones, sports facilities, a visitor centre and and centre visitor a facilities, sports zones, Newport is the largest natural lake in the the in lake natural largest the is Newport

buildings including St Mary’s Church (1150) (1150) Church Mary’s St including buildings

the town with trails, gardens, pools, learning learning pools, gardens, trails, with town the Aqualate Mere, which lies to the east of of east the to lies which Mere, Aqualate

in 1245. The town has several interesting interesting several has town The 1245. in

Park, a fabulous green haven in the centre of of centre the in haven green fabulous a Park,

Newport Nocturne bike race. bike Nocturne Newport

first granted its market charter by Henry III III Henry by charter market its granted first

The route will take you through Telford Town Town Telford through you take will route The

The town hosts the very popular biennial biennial popular very the hosts town The is a bustling , town, market bustling a is Drayton Market

route through Telford. Telford. through route medieval buildings in a great fire in 1665. 1665. in fire great a in buildings medieval

route 55, the Silkin Way to find the best best the find to Way Silkin the 55, route despite the destruction of most of the the of most of destruction the despite

and settlements. Follow signs for NCN NCN for signs Follow settlements. and The street layout retains the Norman design design Norman the retains layout street The

and merged together several smaller towns smaller several together merged and planned as a new town by the Normans. Normans. the by town new a as planned

Thomas Telford. It was planned in the 1960s 1960s the in planned was It Telford. Thomas Newport is a small market town which was was which town market small a is Newport

Telford is a new town named after engineer engineer after named town new a is Telford

Telford Telford

village also has a Norman church. Norman a has also village

millionaire, politician and land owner. The The owner. land and politician millionaire,

1st , a 19th Century Century 19th a Sutherland, of Duke 1st

an 80ft obelisk erected in honour of the the of honour in erected obelisk 80ft an

Market Drayton Market

look west to spot the Monument, Monument, Lilleshall the spot to west look

As you pass through the village of Lilleshall Lilleshall of village the through pass you As Whitchurch’s past. past. Whitchurch’s

the attractions in the area. Ironbridge the in attractions the the clocks and other notable stories from from stories notable other and clocks the

World Cup campaign. Cup World

www.ironbridge.org.uk for details of of details for Visit ⌘Heritage Centre for exhibitions about about exhibitions for Centre ⌘Heritage

here for two weeks prior to their successful successful their to prior weeks two for here

the town’s famous timepieces. Visit the the Visit timepieces. famous town’s the

a traffic-free section of the route. route. the of section traffic-free a The 1966 football team trained trained team football England 1966 The

town clock trail explores the history of of history the explores trail clock town

stop, the gorge is a beautiful place to enjoy enjoy to place beautiful a is gorge the stop, the home of the National Sports Centre. Centre. Sports National the of home the

been exported all over the world and the the and world the over all exported been

Newport and Lilleshall and Newport heritage. Even if you don’t have time to to time have don’t you if Even heritage. are open to the public. is now now is Hall Lilleshall public. the to open are

Shropshire. Local J B Joyce clocks have have clocks Joyce B J Local .

exploring Shropshire’s unique industrial industrial unique Shropshire’s exploring ruins are managed by English Heritage and and Heritage English by managed are ruins

walking trails and yurts. and trails walking oldest continually inhabited community in in community inhabited continually oldest

cycling and spend a couple of days days of couple a spend and cycling abbey founded in the 12th Century. The The Century. 12th the in founded abbey

ride and offers a farm shop, restaurant and and restaurant shop, farm a offers and ride

The historic town of Whitchurch is the the is Whitchurch of town historic The

It’s a fabulous place to take a break from from break a take to place fabulous a It’s the ruins of , an Augustinian Augustinian an Abbey, Lilleshall of ruins the

Whitchurch to stop for a break or overnight stay on your your on stay overnight or break a for stop to

tollhouse. tollhouse. organic for over 65 years. It’s a nice place place nice a It’s years. 65 over for organic

Gorge and the stunning Ironbridge and its its and Ironbridge stunning the and Gorge community-owned farm. The farm has been been has farm The farm. community-owned

Hill Victorian Town, The Museum of the the of Museum The Town, Victorian Hill of Market Drayton, is now England’s first first England’s now is Drayton, Market of

museums in the gorge including Blist’s Blist’s including gorge the in museums 2006, Fordhall Organic Farm to the west west the to Farm Organic Fordhall 2006,

Heritage Site. There are ⌘ten award winning winning award ⌘ten are There Site. Heritage After being saved from development in in development from saved being After

, is a UNESCO World World UNESCO a is revolution, industrial

the vaults of a bank! a of vaults the

Ironbridge Gorge, the birthplace of the the of birthplace the Gorge, Ironbridge

with a 200 year old recipe still kept locked in in locked kept still recipe old year 200 a with Ironbridge

and claims to be the home of gingerbread, gingerbread, of home the be to claims and

gov.uk.

The town has a long history of ginger trade trade ginger of history long a has town The

Tel: 01952 384000 Email: highways@telford. Email: 384000 01952 Tel:

THE NORTH-EAST THE IN HIGHLIGHTS www.telford.gov.uk www.telford.gov.uk and Wrekin Council Council Wrekin and

Telford and Wrekin, available from Telford Telford from available Wrekin, and Telford

Shropshire Cycleway Shropshire

Telford see the Walking and Cycling map of of map Cycling and Walking the see Telford For a detailed map of cycle routes through through routes cycle of map detailed a For

Visitor information in north-east Shropshire Whitchurch Visitor Information Centre, 12 St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch, SY13 1QY Tel: 01948 664577 Email: [email protected] Market Drayton Visitor Information Centre, 49 Street, Market Drayton, TF9 1PH Tel: 01630 653114 Email: [email protected] www.northshropshire.co.uk , 3 Guildhall, High Street, Newport TF10 7AR Shropshire Cycleway Newport Tourist Information Point Email: [email protected] Telford Visitor Information, , Telford, TF3 4BX NORTH-EAST: Tel: 01952 230032 Email: [email protected] Wrekin Ironbridge Visitor Information Centre, Museum of the Gorge, The Wharfage, Ironbridge, The north-east of Shropshire is a very pleasant, fairly flat TF8 7DQ. Tel: 01952 433424 Email: [email protected] www.ironbridge.org.uk area to cycle. Explore rolling pastoral countryside, canals Mainline railway stations: Whitchurch, , Telford and historic market towns. NCN route 55 provides a traffic- Find more cycling routes free route through the centre of Telford, Shropshire’s only new town. It continues down to the and to Visit www.travelshropshire.co.uk/cycle for details of cycle routes across Shropshire including the award-winning National Cycle Network; to download or order free cycle leaflets; or to use the fascinating birthplace of the industrial revolution in the the online cycle journey planner. Cycle shops in north-east Shropshire Cycle hire Cycle repairs

Colour Supplies Mobile bike mechanics 1 Mill Street, Whitchurch, SY13 1SE 01948 665353 www.coloursupplies.com/bikes Bicycle Smart Newport 07528 785844 Wheelbase www.pjcyclerepairs.co.uk 21 Watergate, Whitchurch, SY13 1DP Go Cycling 01948 663323 07950 397335 www.gocycling-shropshire.com Nova Cycles 2 The Square, Newport, TF10 7AG. Cycle Tech 01952 825952 Stapleton 07712 183148 www.novacycles.co.uk www.cycletechshrewsbury.co.uk

Telford Cycle Centre Bicycle Repair Services Visitor Centre, Telford Town Park, Telford, 07539 268741 TF3 4EP. 0845 434 8451 www.bicyclerepairservices.co.uk www.cycleexperience.com/telfordcyclecentre PJ Cycle Repairs 07722 530531 BicycleBuzz Ltd. www.bicyclesmart.co.uk Unit 29, St. Georges Road Ind Est. Wood, Telford, TF2 7QZ Cycling holidays 01952 605213 www.bicyclebuzz.co.uk Busters Holiday Cycle Hire Flat 1, The Coach House, Woodcote Hall, Bicycles By Design Fusion, Church Road, , Ironbridge Woodcote, Newport, TF10 9BW Gorge, TF8 7AP 01952 459900 07858 633874 www.bicycles-by-design.co.uk [email protected]

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A525 B5398 0 1 2 3 Kilometres NORTH Pan Castle A539 0 1 2 Miles Ash Magna A495 B5476 Brown Moss Shavington Park Route 455 / 45

Fenn’s Moss Tilstock A529 Heath B5415 Whixall Route 552 Cloverley B5026 Moss A41 Pool Prees Higher Loggerheads Welsh Hollinwood Heath End A53 Bettisfield Prees Branch Canal Whixall Market Drayton Dobson’s Moss Little Bridge Route 45 Drayton Mercian Way

Northwood Prees River Fordhall Farm Tern A49 B5065 Chipnall B5063 Wood 600 S B5476 h ro Chipnall Route Profile p s h ir A53 e 450 U n io B5065 n C

B4397 HEIGHT (feet) a A41 n 300 al

Knighton Wem 150 Reservoir elford T

B5063 Market Drayton A529 Newport 21 miles 42 mile s elsh End Ironbridge W Whitchurch

Halfway point Knighton Key to symbols Take Care Toilets Leisure Centre Route 552 Shropshire Cycleway Route Visitor Information Centre Car Parking Country Park NCN Route 455 Cycle Shop Historic Building Bus Station Playground Museum Heritage Railway NCN Route 45 Café Castle Railway Station NCN Route 81 Norbury Public House Gardens Chetwynd NCN Route 55 Heath NCN Route 552 Shops Nature Reserve A41 Sutton A519

Aqualate Park WHITCHURCH Chetwynd Tibberton Park Aqualate Mere B5062 Newport A518 Route 45 Mercian Way to Chester

Church Aston Chetwynd RAILWAY A518 STATION Aston

Route 55

A41 Preston upon Lilleshall A41 the

Hoo Farm

Abbey Wood Route 45 and Route 455 Donnington B4379 A518 Granville Leegomery

Route 81 A525 B4373 Wellington

B 5061 Oakengates A5

B 50 61 Priorslee A41

Limekiln Wood MARKET DRAYTON B5072

Route 552 Town Centre Hollinswood A53 A464 A53 M54 A529 R O A W Route 81 A D N F TELFORD A D I R R F O E I D E A A L R D O E D N S R L D A A L R N O E O O R A Town Park T E Y Supermarket R D E T L A Wharf T School E S R M B A O Cricket C Stirchley A W D Gound E N CH Supermarket E D ES N A442 A H LA Little O IR S R E ND T S LA E C T NG Dawley P LO O S T Playing Field R EE Fish Farm P STR A4169 ORD AFF A4169 F ST Route 45 R School O R O A D B4373 G T. D M S R H F O O IG S R H I Woodside E R E R R B Kemberton O Madeley A D River Severn T E E R B4379 T E S A529 Sutton Hill R OP S H IR Ironbridge S H Brockton N N E School O W T P RIVER TERN O W R E T Broseley

N R O Route 55 A D B4176 C D

H A O R W A L K L L R B4376 I M I

S T W I E C V H L L U I H R C R Y These maps are based on Ordnance H B U B4375 A442

L I S Survey material with the permission of A L N S A E Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown B4376 Norton copyright. Unauthorised reproduction Route 45 infringes Crown copyright and may lead to Spring Coppice prosecution or civil proceedings. 100049049. 2015 Bradley’s River Coppice Severn