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W4A - 1st October 2026 - Arley/Trimpley
Eight other walkers joined Maggie and Mac for this walk from Arley. After parking at Arley Arboretum, we climbed steadily towards Shatterford, on the main road from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. There we passed a row of cottages whose owners had competed to create the most decorative front garden, with statuary as the theme, before stopping…
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W4A - 17th September 2026 - Poles Coppice & Habberley
After a rather fraught journey from Much Wenlock to the Poles Coppice car park in Pontesbury - resulting i two cars being late - we started the walk 30 minutes later than planned. Twelve people joined walk leaders Mel and Peter Houlder in dry but blustery conditions. The route started with a long, gentle ascent…
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W4A - 3rd September 2026 - Roman Bank
Thirteen people joined walk leaders Barbara and Roger Thompson on a bright and pleasant day on Wenlock Edge. They followed a (7-mile) route that first headed southeast along the Edge and then turned south into Hope Dale. It passed through a location labelled 'Little London' on the map - where there was not a single…
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W4A - 20th August 2026 - Haughmond Hill
Twelve members joined Sue and Brian Stevens for this walk. This was Walk 5 from the Ramblers “20 Walks in and around Shrewsbury” which started from the café at Haughmond Hill. We followed one of the waymarked trails in the forest and stopped off at the viewing platform to look down into the working quarry.…
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W4A - 6th August 2026 - Wenlock Edge
This was a local walk on the Edge, led by David and Lesley. Twelve of us set off from the lower Edge car park. We went up via Stokes Barn then made our way over the top and down to the lower level. It was slightly cooler on Thursday and most of the walk was…
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W4A - Thursday 23rd July 2026 - Beckbury and Badger
Eleven people joined walk leader Andy Jackson for an early (9.00 am) start near the Smokey Cow pub in Beckbury. The weather was warm and underfoot conditions were, mostly, good. The highlight of the walk was a section passing through Badger Dingle with the route shaded by trees and which offered a delightful lunch stop…
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W4A - 28th May 2026 - Wilderhope
Nine walkers led by Mel Houlder, trekked a fabulous 6 miles starting at Wilderhope Manor, taking in extensive views south to the Clee Hills before heading back along Stanway Coppice and into Mogg Forest. From there the group walked up to a hill fort scrambling through brambles, nettles and overgrown undergrowth. It was worth it…
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W4A - 14th May 2026 - Brown Clee Hill
Paul and Sheena Taylor led this walk around Brown Clee Hill. The walk, a little over six miles, comprised a circular route around the upper part of the Brown Clee, Shropshire’s highest hill. Despite a poor weather forecast for heavy showers, twelve members of the U3A met for the walk on the minor road near…
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W4A 16th April 2026 - Onny Trail and Wart Hill
Walk Leader - Roger Thomson Roger selected this walk from that described as 'AA 50 Walk of 2-10 Miles in Shropshire' which is based on a 'Doomed Railway Line' The line that inspired most affection has long gone. This was the Bishop’s Castle line. The plan was for a link from the Shrewsbury and Hereford…
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W4A 30th April 2026 - Stiperstones
Walk Leader - Elizabeth Sutherland Nine people joined Elizabeth on a sunny, warm and breezy day. We parked in the car park closest to the top of Stiperstones. The path along the ridge presented a few problems underfoot - being made of large pieces of quartzite. However the group were rewarded with 360° views across…
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W4A – 2nd April 2026 – Pulverbatch
Walk Leader - Andy Jackson Fifteen people joined Andy on a bright, cool spring day at the car park next to Pulverbatch Castle ( Motte). The roughly 6-mile circular walk included a morning break just above Cothercorte Mine where Barytes had been extracted over a period of just 27 years in the early twentieth century.…
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W4A 19th March 2026 - Acton Burnell
Walk Leaders: Sue and Brian Stevens Our walk on Thursday 19th March started at Acton Burnell Castle to the south of Shrewsbury. The route was a figure of eight taken from the Ordnance Survey Book - Shropshire Outstanding Circular Walks. There were fifteen walkers altogether and we were blessed with glorious blue skies a pleasant…
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W4A - 5th March 2026
Walk Leaders: David and Lesley Foster Our group of 15 were blessed with a gloriously sunny day. Having parked at Rushbury we walked up Roman Bank then headed over the ridge through trees towards Wilderhope Manor, skirting around the top of the Edge overlooking Longville. On our return journey (didn’t quite make it to Pilgrim’s Cottage) we…
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W4A - 19th February 2026
Walk Leaders: Anne Hempstead, Carol Bickerstaff, Magdeleine McIntyre Quite a good turnout considering the weather! The walk was about 6 miles in length and took the group out from the National Trust car park in Wenlock in a loop towards Bourton Westwood, Lea Quarry and return.
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W4A - 22nd January 2026 -Shrewsbury
Walk Leaders: Melanie and Peter Houlder For this 6 mile, walk I adapted Ramblers Walk, number 3 from the book '20 Walks in and around Shrewsbury'. Seventeen people joined Peter and I for this walk. We started at the Abbey Forgate CarPark and walked along the southern bank of the River Severn towards Castle fields.…