Stiperstones – Chirbury
Walk from the village of Stiperstones across the western Shropshire countryside to Chirbury near the Welsh border via Mitchell’s Fold the county’s best known Bronze Age stone circle. Continue reading Stiperstones – Chirbury
Category: Walks
Hook Norton – Long Compton
Walk from Hook Norton in Oxfordshire to Long Compton in Warwickshire’s north Cotswolds. The route takes you on foot via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths collectively called the Rollright Stones. Continue reading Hook Norton – Long Compton
Matlock – Nine Ladies Stone Circle
This circular walk to the Nine Ladies Stone Circle on Stanton Moor just inside the Peak District National Park starts from Matlock Railway Station, and roughly follows the course of the River Derwent as far as Rowsley. Continue reading Matlock – Nine Ladies Stone Circle
Hadfield – Marsden
Walk primarily along the Pennine Way from Hadfield in Derbyshire at the foot of Longdendale up and over the Black Hill, West Yorkshire’s highest point, to Marsden just across the northern boundary of the Peak District National Park. Continue reading Hadfield – Marsden
Hay on Wye – Black Mountain
Circular walk from Hay-on-Wye, partly on the Offa’s Dyke National Trail, to the Black Mountain, the Midlands highest peak, on the edge of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, and the border between Herefordshire and Powys. Continue reading Hay on Wye – Black Mountain
Chipping Campden – Broadway
Walk from Chipping Campden along the Cotswolds Way, up onto the Cotswolds escarpment, and along to Worcestershire’s Broadway Hill site of Broadway Tower before descending to Broadway village. Continue reading Chipping Campden – Broadway
Buxton – Macclesfield
Walk from Buxton in Derbyshire, across Goyt’s Moss in the western Peak District, up to Shining Tor Cheshire’s highest hill, and then steadily down to Macclesfield on the edge of the Cheshire Plain. Continue reading Buxton – Macclesfield
Goodrich – Monmouth
Walk along the Upper River Wye Valley Gorge from Goodrich famed for its castle, via Symonds Yat East and The Biblins, to the historic Welsh market town of Monmouth. Continue reading Goodrich – Monmouth
Upton-upon-Severn – Tewkesbury
Walk following the route of the Severn Way from Upton-upon-Severn in Worcestershire to Tewkesbury just inside, famed for the limestone Tewkesbury Abbey, ancient buildings and being where the Avon joins the Severn. Continue reading Upton-upon-Severn – Tewkesbury
Shipston on Stour – Hook Norton
Walk to Hook Norton in Oxfordshire famed for its eponymous old school brewery. It involves crossing the Cotswolds escarpment and begins from Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire. Continue reading Shipston on Stour – Hook Norton