& Follow the road to a T-junction and turn right towards Route 4 © Crown copyright and database rights Route 3: To Malpas and Threapwood Eglwys Cross Short Cut 2014 Ordnance Survey 100049049 Further information 2 NATIONAL CYCL E Total distance: 22½ miles in total (35 km in total) To take the short cut, avoiding Audlem, turn ROUTE 45 ( Turn first left, signposted to Whitewell left in Ightfield signposted to Burleydam 18 Shropshire Un Tourist information This route includes some cycling along main roads and some Wrenbury 17 Whitchurch Tourist Information Centre: 01948 664577 steep hills and is therefore suitable for more experienced ) When the road splits, bear right past a small green towards Wrexham. 2a Go through Burleydam and at the next Aston Shrewsbury Tourist Information Centre: 01743 258888 cyclists. After leaving Whitchurch along the canal towpath, At the T-junction, turn right on to the A525 (take care) T-junction turn right signposted to Wilkesley A525 i Stear on Cana Nantwich Tourist Information Centre: 01270 628633 Bridge 16 you will encounter a famous set of locks at Grindley Brook. * b Pinsley Turn first left onto Bowker’s Lane, signposted to Fenns Bank 2 After ½ mile turn first left (unsigned) Green The Grange The route then heads into the rolling countryside of Cheshire; FREE Marley 19 l Whitchurch + Go straight over at the next crossroads, signposted to Fenns Bank (take care) c Marbury Cycle Shops refreshments can be found in the picturesque village of Malpas. 2 At the crossroads with the A525 go straight Green Hollin Green Wheelbase: 21 Watergate Street, Whitchurch. over into Rockery Lane, signposted Aston , Turn first left, signposted to Blackhoe The Shop, sales and repairs: 01948 663323 and Wrenbury. Rejoin the main route from 15 Laurels bu At the next T-junction turn left and return to Whitchurch along instruction ) 20 Colour Supplies: 1 Mill Street, Whitchurch. 1 Leave Whitchurch along the Whitchurch Canal Arm, which can be Hollyhurst Cycle Rides shropshire Alkington Road Barnett Bicycle Sales: 01948 665853 accessed along Smallbrook Road (see town map) 3 In Calverhall turn first left at the Old Jack Inn 21 Brook Combermere Jack Davies Cycles: 58 High Street, Wem. towards Market Drayton Park Audlem 2 Cross the Lift Up Canal Bridge and turn right and follow the towpath 14 Copthorne 12 Shop, sales and repairs: 01939 235485 Route 4: To Ightfield, Audlem & Wrenbury 13 towards Grindley Brook Calverhall ≠ Total distance: 27 miles in total or 18½ miles with short x 2c ≠ Ü e Calverhall village is located halfway between Black Park 11 Accepts Cycle Shropshire discount card. Grindley Brook Swanbach shropshire P cuts (43½ km in total or 30 km with short cuts) Whitchurch and Market Drayton, designed largely 8 The Ellesmere canal, designed by Thomas Telford, passes through Grindley 2a 2b 10 Visit www.travelshropshire.co.uk/discount for more details. This is the longest route, but does offer an option to take a by W. Eden Nesfield in partnership with Norman 9 Brook and then into a famous three chamber staircase lock. WHITCHURCH A525 Coxbank short cut. The tranquillity of Shavington Park and the ever- Shaw in the 1870’s. The Church of 1872 also has a Travel Information Broughall 3 At the Grindley Brook Locks leave the towpath to join the main road popular canalside hostelries at Audlem will reward cyclists who glass by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones 1 Longwood Dodcott Wilkesley Mainline railway stations are at Wem, Shrewsbury and Hall Grange (A41) and turn left towards Chester. Turn first left at the Horse and take on the longer route. of 1875. 7 Whitchurch. Trains carry 2 bikes per train (reservations are Jockey Public House, signposted to Malpas (B5395) B5476 Cheshire essential). Information on all bus, coach and train services in 4 At the next crossroads turn left, signposted Fields Shropshire area call Traveline: 4 To avoid the main road into Malpas, turn first left, signposted to Higher 1 Leave Whitchurch along Station Road. Turn right at the first Shavington and Adderley Ash Magna Adderley roundabout towards Wrexham and then left at the next roundabout Wych Shavington 0871 200 2233 • www.travelshropshire.co.uk 5 At the next T-junction at Tittenley Farm turn on to Ash Road. Go through Ash and on to Ightfield Wood Farm Shavington 6 5 At the next T-junction turn right and go up a steep hill left towards Wilkesley Park Discover Shropshire by Bike 2 Continue through Ightfield towards Market Drayton 2 6 Turn first left towards Lower Wych 6 At Shavington turn left at the It’s great to get out and about on a bike in Shropshire. Ighteld Corra Common Malpas T-junction, signposted to Wilkesley Discover hundreds of miles of National Cycle Network routes 7 At the next T-junction turn right, signposted to Malpas and Cuddington 10 Heath 9 Tremlows Tilstock Hall along quiet lanes, explore traffic-free trails along old railways go up a steep hill 7 Turn first right at Manor Farm and Calverhall and waterways, follow the cycle rides from B5069 3 follow the road to the next junction 4 historic towns and get muddy on 8 Turn right at the next T-junction 8 12 mountain bike tracks in woods and Bradley 8 Turn left on to the main road and then 9 At the next T-junction turn left on to the B5395 and into Newton Hall Common forests. Oldcastle first right into Bagley Lane towards Coxbank Malpas village. Turn first left towards Bangor on Dee and 13 Heath % After leaving Audlem turn first right into Coole Lane, signposted Upper 11 Wrexham Threapwood A49 9 Continue over the Canal towards Nantwich Other Publications Lower A41 B5395 ≠ Ü • Threapwood 6 9 Canal towpath to Audlem & Turn first left into Back Coole Lane www.travel Malpas P x Lower Waterfowl shropshire.co.uk Malpas is a picturesque village with the remains of a motte and Castle Wych Sanctury To go into Audlem along the canal towpath, enter the gate Tallarn Hill 7 ( At the next T-junction turn right, signposted to Aston and Wrenbury E-mail: [email protected] bailey castle dating from Norman times. Its mediaeval street Green Higher Wirswall on the right and turn right under the bridge and follow Wych 4 Shropshire Council 01743 pattern still remains. The church also contains a 15th century The the towpath into Audlem. Continue along the main route ) Continue into Aston and go straight over at the crossroads towards Gelli 253008 octagonal stone font and choir stalls with carved misericords. by rejoining the main road at the Bridge Inn and continue Wrenbury Station and follow the road into Wrenbury Grindley 3 towards Whitchurch. Pick up main directions from instruction ! 14 Brook Ordnance Turn left into Sunnyside Road towards Oldcastle Drury number % Wrenbury Ü ≠ P • p S (See Route 2) # Lane Survey maps Continue past Newton Hall and turn right at the crossroads 15 WHWHITITCHUCHURCHRCH ! Turn left into Wood Orchard Lane * At the T-junction turn left into Nantwich Road, signposted to towards Threapwood Cholmondley Explorer 257 2 1 # At the next T-junction turn left and continue to the A525 $ Horseman’s A525 Whitewell Crewe and Nantwich Continue to Threapwood and at the end of Oldcastle Lane Green 16 + Just after the Church turn left into New Road, signposted to Marbury ! A525 $ Turn left, signposted to Whitchurch and continue into Explorer 241 turn left at the T-junction into Chapel Lane Redbrook and Whitchurch Little Arowry Audlem Shrewsbury % At the next T-junction turn left towards Sarn and follow the 17 A593 Little Green B5476 , Turn left under the railway bridge, signposted to Hollyhurst and road into Tallarn Green The Chequer Audlem ≠ Ü P x Whitchurch Four cycle routes around Please note that, while the publishers take every care to be accurate, no liability or responsibility will be Cumber’s 18 Audlem is an ever-popular picturesque village in the heart of accepted in any circumstances whatsoever, should anyone experience any inaccuracies, loss, damage or injury. ≠ Bank Whitchurch following quiet Sarn and Tallarn Green x 20 Cheshire’s Upper Weaver Valley set beside the Shropshire Union bu Turn first left into Ossmere Lane, signposted to Whitchurch This leaflet/map should be used solely on this understanding. © Shropshire Council 2014 Hanmer Bronington A495 Blackoe Artwork by MA Creative • www.macreative.co.uk • Edition#5 Feb 2014 RS Thomas, who died in 2000 and was widely regarded as the A49Canal. With characteristic canalside hostelries, Audlem is always Fenn’s bl Turn next left, signposted to Whitchurch and Shrewsbury. Return to lanes and country roads best religious poet of his time, was the curate at the Church of Bank 2 popular as a stop-off point for walkers and canal cruisers, as well 19 Whitchurch along Talbot Street St Mary Magdalene in Tallarn Green between 1942 and 1945. B5476 NATIONAL CYCL E Alkington as a popular destination for several summertime events and From 9–27 miles (14.5–43.5km) The Queen’s Head public house is at Sarn, ¼ mile away from ROUTE 45 festivals. Part funded by the the Church. Route 3 © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100049049 www.travelshropshire.co.uk Department for Transport Alport © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100049049 T About the cycle routes A R p ∏ P Whixall Moss p 9 At theT-junction turn left, signposted Wem Industrial Route 2 O Route 1 R L E NATIONAL CYCLE Cycling is one of the best ways to soak up the unspoilt C Y H R An important feature of the Meres and Mosses E O ROUTE 2 Estate S A ROUTE 45 T D WHITWHITCHUCHURCRCHH E R R O Hospital landscapes and experience the unique features of the A D B5395 Natural Area is the presence of a large range of ! Cycle into the town centre and turn left opposite 7 B A LONDON ROAD different wetland habitats; you will find wildfowl, R G environment and villages of North Shropshire.