5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, Welsh Marches

Telford – Ironbridge

Varied urban, suburban and rural walk from central Telford to Ironbridge home of 1781’s iconic pathbreaking Iron Bridge right at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue reading Telford – Ironbridge

10 - 15 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Church Stretton – Pontesbury

Walk from Church Stretton Railway Station, up to Long Mynd plateau then across the north east of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape to Pontesbury, an unlikely seeming former colliery village. Continue reading Church Stretton – Pontesbury

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Severn Basin, Walks, Welsh Marches

Bromyard – Brockhampton

Walk from the bus stop in Bromyard town centre to the National Trust’s Brockhampton estate, hidden within which stands the moated, timbered late medieval Lower Brockhampton house and its orchards. Continue reading Bromyard – Brockhampton

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Church Stretton – Ratlinghope

Circular walk from Church Stretton Railway Station to Ratlinghope, site of the grave of Richard Munslow Britain’s last “sin-eater”. Continue reading Church Stretton – Ratlinghope

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Church Stretton – Acton Scott

Walk in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from Church Stretton Railway Station to Acton Scott site of the Acton Scott living farming history museum, which it is hoped will reopen in spring 2024 under new management. Continue reading Church Stretton – Acton Scott

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Severn Basin, Shropshire, Suburban Strolls, Urban Wanders, Walks, Welsh Marches

Telford – Blists Hill

Urban and suburban walk taking around ninety minuites to complete from central Telford to Blists Hill living history museum on the edge of the Ironbridge Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue reading Telford – Blists Hill

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Walks, Welsh Marches

Ross on Wye – Goodrich Castle

Rural walk in the Wye Valley through the southern fringes of Herefordshire to to Goodrich Castle described by William Wordsworth as the county’s “nobleist ruin” Continue reading Ross on Wye – Goodrich Castle

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Caer Caradoc

Circular walk up Caer Caradoc a 459 metre tall hill topped with a impressive Iron Age hillfort in the Shropshire hills. Walk starts and ends from Church Stretton Railway Station.. Continue reading Caer Caradoc

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Herefordshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Walks, Welsh Marches, Worcestershire

British Camp

Circular walk from Colwall Station up onto the Malvern Hills range to the prominant striking British Camp hillfort on top of the Herefordshire Beacon. Continue reading British Camp

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, National Landscapes (AONBs), Severn Basin, Shropshire, Walks, Welsh Marches

Long Mynd

Circular walk from Church Stretton to the Long Mynd plateau, along the top via the sumitt at Pole Bank, then back to Church Stretton. Continue reading Long Mynd