37 easy-to-follow circular walks in Shropshire
Thirty-seven easy-to-follow hand-crafted circular walks, routes & maps in Shropshire of all grades in Walk Grade Order
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Thirty-seven easy-to-follow hand-crafted circular walks, routes & maps in Shropshire of all grades in Walk Grade Order
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5 (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 197ft (60m) | |
| Time: | 2 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Welshampton, Rowe Farm, Shropshire Union Canal (Llangollen Branch), Cole Mere, Welshampton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5 (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 161ft (49m) | |
| Time: | 2 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Upper Astley, The Shropshire Way, Wheatley Farm, Sunderton Farm, Sundorne Farm, Sundorne Castle Farm, Shrewsbury Rugby Club, New Coppice, Colin's Rough, Wheatley Farm, Upper Astley.
Shropshire Walk sh136 The Stiperstones Ridge (North) from nr Pennerley
Shropshire's 2nd highest point
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.25 (5km) | |
| Ascent: | 479ft (146m) | |
| Time: | 1.75hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Stiperstones Car Park, Gatten Plantation, The Shropshire Way, Shepherd's Rock, Devil's Chair, Stiperstones (Manstone Rock), Stiperstones Car Park.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75 (7.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 295ft (90m) | |
| Time: | 2 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Uffington, Haughmond Hill (Forest Commisison), The Hollies, Haughmond Abbey, Abbey Wood, Haughmond Farm, New Coppice, Haughmond Hill (Forest Commisison), Uffington.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 (9km) | |
| Ascent: | 295ft (90m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 (10km) | |
| Ascent: | 295ft (90m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Stanton Upon Hine Heath, The Shropshire Way, Paperbank Mill, Booley Blakeley Hill, Stanton Upon Hine Heath.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6 (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 351ft (107m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Grinshill, The Marches Way, Yorton Heath, Sansaw Heath, The Shropshire Way, Grinshill.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 459ft (140m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Corbet Wood, Clive, Bilmarsh, Alderton, Yorton, Grinshill, Corbet Wood.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.5 (10.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 241ft (104m) | |
| Time: | 2.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- The Mere, Ellesmere, Crimps Cottage, Old Coptiviney, Coptiviney, Brook House, Mill Wood, Old Coppice, Spout Wood, Sandy Hall, Haughton Farm, The Mere, Ellesmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75 (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 164ft (50m) | |
| Time: | 3.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Loppington, Bentley Farm, Roden Farm, Brandwood Farm, Marton Coppice, Petton, Petton Hall, Petton Park, The Wood Farm, Woodgate Farm, Loppington.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75 (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 197ft (60m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- English Frankton, Quaikin, Lyneal, Cole Mere, Colemere, Whattal, Cockshutt, English Frankton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4 (6.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 712ft (217m) | |
| Time: | 2.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Leebotwood, The Lawley, Comley, Leebotwood.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75 (6km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,004ft (306m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Buckatree Farm Reservoir, Wrekin Cottage, The Shropshire Way, Hell Gate, Heaven Gate, The Wrekin, Little Hill, Needle's Eye, Wenlocks Wood, Buckatree Farm Reservoir.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 532ft (162m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Eardington, Dinney Barn, The Jack Mytton Way, Chelmarsh Reservoir, Chelmarsh, Hampton, The Jack Mytton Way, The Severn Valley Railway, Hampton Loade, The Hampton Loade Ferry, The River Severn, The Severn Way, Eardington.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4 (6.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,011ft (308m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Dhustone, The Shropshire Way, Nine Spring Farm, Titterstone Incline, Titterstone Clee Hill, Hullabaloo House, Titterstone, Benson' Brook, Woodlands, Greenacres, Dhustone.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5 (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 542ft (165m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Weston, Wixhill, Lee Brockhurst, The Shropshire Way, Weston Heath Coppice, Weston Heath, Weston.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 (10km) | |
| Ascent: | 558ft (170m) | |
| Time: | 2.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Corbet Wood, Clive, Witterage Green, Newton On The Hill, Yorton, Grinshill, Corbet Wood.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5 (8km) | |
| Ascent: | 945ft (288m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Church Stretton, The Jack Mytton Way, Snatchfield Farm, Clemcroft, Ragleth Hill, Ragdon Manor, Church Stretton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 876ft (267m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Stiperstones Car Park, The Shropshire Way, Nipstone Rock, The Rock, Ridge, Cold Hill Farm, Stiperstones Car Park.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 361ft (110m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- Upper Astley, The Shropshire Way, Wheatley Farm, Sunderton Farm, Sundorne Farm, Sundorne Castle Farm, The River Severn, Uffington, Haughmond Hill (Forest Commisison), The Hollies, Haughmond Abbey, Abbey Wood, Haughmond Farm, New Coppice, Colins Rough, Wheatley Farm, Upper Astley.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 (12km) | |
| Ascent: | 420ft (128m) | |
| Time: | 3.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- The Mere, Ellesmere, Crimps Farm, Ellesmere Point, Welshampton, Hawthorn House, The Stocks, Brook House, Stocks Farm, Coptiviney, Old Coptiviney, Crimps Cottage, The Mere, Ellesmere.
Shropshire Walk sh114 Welshampton and Spout Wood from The Mere, Ellesmere
Quiet fields and lake shore
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.75 (14km) | |
| Ascent: | 578ft (176m) | |
| Time: | 3.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Easy) |
Route Summary:
- The Mere, Ellesmere, Crimps Farm, Ellesmere Point, Welshampton, Hawthorn House, The Stocks, Brook House, Mill Wood, Old Coppice, Spout Wood, Sandy Hall, Haughton Farm, The Mere, Ellesmere.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.25 (8.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,027ft (313m) | |
| Time: | 3 hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Church Stretton, The Jack Mytton Way, Snatchfield Farm, Clemcroft, Ragleth Hill, Little Stretton, Church Stretton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.5 (10.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,152ft (351m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Cleobury North, Stanbroughs Wood, Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf), The Shropshire Way, Sandy Nap, Monkeys Fold, Green Lea, Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf), Chapelwod Farm, Wallermoore Wood, Harewood, Cleobury North.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7 (11km) | |
| Ascent: | 853ft (260m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Craven Arms, Ireland Cottage, Hills and Dales Hike, Lower Dinchope, Hanging Wood, Callow Hill, Flounders Folly, Strefford Wood, Halford, Craven Arms.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7 (11km) | |
| Ascent: | 880ft (268m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Craven Arms, River Onny, Hills and Dales Hike, Stokesay Castle, Clapping Wicket, View Edge (Weo Edge), Aldon, Stokesay Castle, River Onny, Craven Arms.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 623ft (190m) | |
| Time: | 3½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Corbet Wood, Clive, Grumpy, Myddle, The Marches Way, Yorton, Grinshill, The Shropshire Way, Corbet Wood.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7 (11km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,214ft (370m) | |
| Time: | 3.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Church Stretton, Caer Caradoc Hill, Little Caradoc, Church Stretton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75 (12.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,083ft (330m) | |
| Time: | 4 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Pontesbury, Oaks Wood, The Marches Way, Oaks, Wrentnall, Pulverbatch, Habberley, Pontesbury.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10 (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 722ft (220m) | |
| Time: | 4.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Lower Town, Bridgnorth, River Severn, Apley Forge, Nordley, Astley Abbots, Cross Lane Head, High Town, Bridgnorth, Lower Town, Bridgnorth.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75 (12.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,355ft (413m) | |
| Time: | 4.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Stiperstones Car Park, Gatten Plantation, The Shropshire Way, Shepherd's Rock, Devil's Chair, Stiperstones (Manstone Rock), Nipstone Rock, The Rock, Ridge, Cold Hill Farm, Stiperstones Car Park.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 (14.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,004ft (306m) | |
| Time: | 4½ hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Craven Arms, River Onny, Hills and Dales Hike, Stokesay Castle, Clapping Wicket, View Edge (Weo Edge), Gorst Barn, Brandhill Gutter, Aldon Gutter, Aldon, Stokesay Castle, River Onny, Craven Arms.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5 (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,132ft (345m) | |
| Time: | 4.75hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Bridgnorth, The River Severn, Quatford, Stanmore Country Park, Hoccum, Roughton, Burcote House, River Worfe, Soudley Rocks, Rindleford, Batch House, Fenn Gate, Woodside, High Rock, Caves, The Hermitage, Hermitage Hill Coppice, Bridgnorth.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.75 (15.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,387ft (423m) | |
| Time: | 5 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Church Stretton, Town Brook, The Jack Mytton Way, The Long Mynd, Pole Bank (Long Mynd), Midland Gliding Club, Minton Bach, Minton, Little Stretton, Chruch Stretton.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 (13.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,791ft (546m) | |
| Time: | 5 hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Leebotwood, The Lawley, Comley, Caer Caradoc Hill, Three Fingers Rock, Comley, Leebotwood.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10 (16km) | |
| Ascent: | 1,526ft (465m) | |
| Time: | 5.25hrs | |
| Grade: | | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Craven Arms, Ireland Cottage, Hills and Dales Hike, Lower Dinchope, Hanging Wood, Callow Hill, Flounders Folly, Frizland Coppice, Westhope, Wenlock Edge, Alcaton Common, Strefford Wood, Halford, Craven Arms.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10.25 (16.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,435ft (742m) | |
| Time: | 6.25hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
- Church Stretton, The Jack Mytton Way, Snatchfield Farm, Clemcroft, Ragleth Hill, Ragdon Manor, Gaerstones Farm, Caer Caradoc Hill, Little Caradoc, Church Stretton.
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