Route 10
Wilderhope Manor
Wilderhope Manor
to Craven Arms
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Wilderhope Manor
Flounders’ Folly
Perched high on Wenlock edge is the
imposing Elizabethan Manor house of
Wilderhope. Thomas Smallman, a Major
in the Royalist Army once lived here until
caught by the Roundheads. By some
miracle he escaped on horse and galloped
the length of Wenlock Edge only to be
surrounded. In desperation he leapt from
the cliff. The horse died but he fell into a
crab apple tree and lived. If you stay into
this Youth Hostel beware, his ghost is said
to haunt the spiral staircases of the Manor!
One lovely little detour from the walk is
to visit Flounders’ Folly. Built in 1838 by
Benjamin Flounders reputedly to let him
see his ships in the River Mersey and the
Bristol Channel. If the flag is flying it is
open and you can find out if you really can
see these distant horizons.
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This edge with its wonderful views and
breathtaking scenery has been the
inspiration for many artists, composers
and poets.
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As Housman said:
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Heart of Wales Line
to Swansea
“On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble
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His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;
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Shropshire Hills
Discovery Centre
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The gale, it plies the saplings double,
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Craven Arms
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Once a hive of stone workings but
gone are the days of thundering
quarries, kilns and crushing plants.
Now it is green, peaceful and a truly
memorable walk.
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Walk on the limestone escarpment of
Wenlock Edge and you are on a place so
important in science that it has its own
geological period named after it, the
Wenlockian. A walk of such changing
character, open views one minute and
deep dark forest the next. A Nature
reserve, a folly and ancient tracks
branching away, overgrown and long
forgotten.
The rural idyll was briefly threatened by
railway mania. Craven Arms was to become
another Crewe. At Park House bridge you
pass under the quaintest of the surviving
lines. With its request stops, one carriage
trains decorated with quotations from Dylan
Thomas, the Heart of Wales line is more
Thomas the Tank engine than Railtrack.
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Wenlock Edge
Craven Arms
Walking from Wilderhope Manor to
Craven Arms takes you for a walk
along one of the best and most
famous escarpments in the Country.
Indeed it’s named as one of the
seven wonders of the West Midlands.
And thick on Severn snow the leaves”
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Stokesay Castle
Nortoncamp
Wood
Flounders’ Folly
Wenlock Edge and the Long Mynd from half way up Abdon Burf
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Carding Mill
Valley
Devils
Mouth
Long
Synalds
Hope Bowdler
Hill
Ahes Hollow
Wall Under
Haywood
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Round
Hill
Ragleth
Hill
Little Stretton
Ragdon
Chelmick
Soudley
Ticklerton
Minton
10 mile section
A49
Eaton
Marshbrook
Acton Scott
Wilderhope
Manor
Historic Working
Farm
Craven
Arms
Hamperley
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Middlehope
The Country
Squire’s Stroll
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Bushmoor
Wenlock Edge
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Shipton
Rushbury
Minton
Batch
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Wilderhope Manor
Hope Bowdler
Callow
Hollow
DIFFICULTY: Mainly Flat, good paths
Longville in
the Dale
CHURCH STRETTON
Long Mynd
For a more detailed map,
directions and information visit:
www.shropshirewalking.co.uk
Route 10
Cardington
B5477
Visitor Centre
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Upper Affcot
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Longville
Common
Alcaston
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Strefford
Wistanstow
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Hungerford
Munslow
Aston Munslow
Bach Mill
Diddlebury
Shropshire Way
Footpaths
Bridleways
Circular walk
Corfton
Open Access land
Callow Hill
A49
Sibdon
Carwood
B4368
Tugford
A489
Cheney
Longville
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Hatford
CRAVEN ARMS Upper Dinchope
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Seifton
Discovery Centre
Culmington
Norton
Camp
Stokesay
Castle
Visitor Information Centre
Place of Worship
Café
Caravan/Camping Site
Public House
Museum
Toilets
Car Parking
Building of Historical Interest
Railway Station
Castle
English Heritage
Gardens
National Trust
Visitor Attractions
Forestry Commission
Hill summit
Youth Hostel
Stoke
St Milborough
Norton
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