Shropshire Year Round Walks Guidebook

author: Judy Smith
This pocket-sized walking guide contains 20 circular routes, covering the very best of Shropshire's wide-ranging landscape - from high in the Shropshire Hills down to glorious woodland and wildlife-rich mosses, through historical towns and villages and along meandering waterways. Walks range in length from 2.5 to 8 miles, with recommendations for autumn, winter, spring, and summer. Highlights include:
Spring: A sea of bluebells in Sallow Coppice and Clun, and a riot of rhododendrons in Burwarton.
Summer: Blazing heather on Stiperstones and magnificent views from Ragleth Hill and Titterstone Clee Hill.
Autumn: Collecting sweet chestnuts at Comer Woods and foraging for fungi at Whixall Moss. A mile of blazing beech trees at Lydham.
Winter: A valley filled with snowdrops at Cound, and water and wildfowl at Chelmarsh.

Each walk entry begins with a paragraph or two describing the highlights of the walk. This is followed by practical information including how to get there and parking with satnav location, OS Explorer map sheet reference, terrain details and top pub recommendations. The full route description which follows is in numbered paragraphs referenced to a detailed colour sketch map. The book is printed in full colour including a photograph for each walk. The walk locations are:

Spring
Earl's Hill - 5 miles
Craven Arms - 4.5 miles
Ellesmere - 8 miles
Burwarton - 2.5 or 5.5 miles
Clun - 6 miles

Summer
Whitchurch - 5 miles
Ragleth Hill - 4.5 miles
Merrington - 5.5 miles
Titterstone Clee - 5.5 miles
Stiperstones - 5.5 miles

Autumn
Comer Wood - 4.5 miles
Whixall Moss - 5.5 miles
Lydham - 7 miles
Moreton Corbet - 3, 3.5 or 8 miles
Lilleshall Abbey - 5.5 miles

Winter
Hampton - 5.5 miles
Weston Rhyn - 2.5, 3.5 or 6 miles
Shrewsbury - 4.5 miles
Cound - 3.5 miles
Nesscliffe - 5 miles

ISBN 9781846743979 Pages 64 (2024) 116mm x 148mm