Description
Book SynopsisThis book rounds up the 20 best dog walks in Shropshire, with all routes designed with maximum off-lead time and minimum exposure to roads. There are also recommendations here for dog-friendly pubs and cafes along the way. All featured routes are circular, varying in length from 2 to 7 miles, and showcasing some of Shropshire's most beautiful countryside. Highlights include Walks over the heath and moorland of Long Mynd, Grinshill and Brown Clee; Waterside walks at beautiful Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere and Grindley Brook with its narrowboats; Walks taking in historic sites, such as Ironbridge with its Bedlam Furnaces; the extensive ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort of Bury Ditches; and the ruins of Haughmond Abbey; All the walks include details of: Livestock and stiles; Distance and terrain; Recommended dog-friendly places to visit or stop for refreshment; Contact details for the nearest vets; Where to park;
Table of Contents1 Oswestry Racecourse (3 or 51/2 miles) 2 Ellesmere - a watery walk (2 or 6 miles) 3 Green lanes at Grindley Brook (41/2 miles) 4 The quarries of Grinshill (21/2 miles) 5 Round Llanymynech Rock (2 or 31/2 miles) 6 Nesscliffe - hill and heath (2 or 5 miles) 7 Forest and abbey at Haughmond (31/4 miles) 8 Views from the Wrekin (31/2 or 5 miles) 9 A rural ramble at Ironbridge (5 miles) 10 On Wenlock Edge (21/4, 31/4 or 51/2 miles) 11 Little Stretton and the Long Mynd (7 miles) 12 Stomping Stiperstones (31/2 or 51/2 miles) 13 Prehistory on Stapeley Hill (3 or 4 miles) 14 In the Iron Age at Bury Ditches (33/4 miles) 15 A woodland walk at Clunton (31/4 or 5 miles) 16 Knighton - climbing Panpunton (23/4 or 31/2 miles) 17 Aloft on Brown Clee (41/4 miles) 18 Severnside at Highley (31/2 miles) 19 Woodland of the Wyre (41/2 miles) 20 In Mortimer Forest at Ludlow (4 miles)
