Walk sh166 Callow Hill and Westhope from Craven Arms

This 10¼ mile, Grade 6 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Craven Arms & will take about 5¼ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:10¼mls (16.5km)
Ascent:1,526ft (465m)
Time:5¼hrs
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Route outline for walk sh166:

Craven Arms  -  Ireland Cottage  -  Hills and Dales Hike  -  Lower Dinchope  -  Hanging Wood  -  Wenlock Edge  -  Callow Hill (Little Stretton)  -  Flounders Folly  -  Frizland Coppice  -  Westhope  -  Wenlock Edge  -  Alcaton Common  -  Strefford Wood  -  Halford  -  Craven Arms

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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The highest point of this walk is Callow Hill (Little Stretton) at 336m (1102ft). Callow Hill (Little Stretton) is classified as an English Marilyn (112th highest in England, 1319th highest in the UK). The summit of Callow Hill (Little Stretton) is marked by Flounders Folly 150 NE of an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer 217 The Long Mynd & Wenlock Edge


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 137 Ludlow & Church Stretton, Wenlock Edge



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk sh166 Callow Hill and Westhope from Craven Arms

In no particular order . . .

Callow Hill, Wenlock Edge

Callow Hill, Wenlock Edge

Photo: Martin Salmon (1)

Looking out over Wenlock Edge on my first "proper" walk after major surgery in March

Looking out over Wenlock Edge on my first "proper" walk after major surgery in March

Photo: Claire Glover (1)

The Tower on the summit of Callow Hill, Wenlock Edge

The Tower on the summit of Callow Hill, Wenlock Edge

Photo: Martin Salmon (2)


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To steep and difficult descent, trusting ourselves, we wound from crag to crag, where passage could be won - William Wordsworth: 1770-1850
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