Shropshire - A Dog Walker's Guidebook

by: Judy Smith
On a fine day there is nothing quite so enjoyable for dog owners than getting out into the countryside with your pet for a leisurely walk. Once you get off your home patch though, it is hard to know where you can walk safely with your dog and which pubs and cafes will welcome you both.

Here is a collection of 20 circular walks, varying in length between 2 and 7 miles, in the beautiful countryside of Shropshire. The walks have been designed with maximum off-lead time and minimum exposure to roads. There are walks beside the beautiful Llangollen Canal and the shores of Blake Mere at Ellesmere; over Nesscliffe Hill with its magnificent woods and open heathland; along the craggy ridge of the Stiperstones; through Sowdley Wood in the valley of the Clun; around the Severn Valley Country Park at Highley; and up that sturdy sentinel of Shropshire, the Wrekin, with its breath-taking views.

All the walks include details of how to get to the start; distance and terrain, dog factors such as livestock and stiles, recommended dog-friendly refreshment stops, numbered route directions plus clear sketch maps, points of interest along the way and nearest veterinary practice. There are numerous colour photographs.

The walk locations are:
Oswestry Racecourse - 3 or 5.5 miles
Ellesmere, a watery walk - 2 or 6 miles
Green Lanes at Grindley Brook - 4.5 miles
The Quarries of Grinshill - 2.5 miles
Llanymynech Rock - 2 or 3.5 miles
Nesscliffe, hill and heath - 2 or 5 miles
Views from the Wrekin - 3.5 or 4.5 miles
Ironbridge - 5 miles
Wenlock Edge - 2, 3 or 5.5 miles
Little Stretton and the Long Mynd - 7 miles
Stiperstones - 3.5 or 5.5 miles
Prehistory on Stapeley Hill - 3 or 4 miles
In the Iron Age at Bury Ditches - 3.25 miles
A Woodland Walk at Clunton - 3.25 or 5 miles
Knighton, climbing Panpunton - 2.75 or 3.5 miles
Brown Clee - 4.25 miles
Severnside at Highley - 3.5 miles
Wyre Forest - 4.5 miles
In Mortimer Forest at Ludlow - 4 miles

ISBN 9781846742354 Pages 96 (2019) 148mm x 210mm