We are Hinckley Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Anita Rock
Anita Rock will lead Sunday's walk starting at 10am from
Cardingmill Valley National Trust tea room and toilets
Cardingmill Lane
Church Stretton
SY6 6JG
Parking is £5.50 per car or free with a National Trust membership.
Payment can be made by card. Situated approx.
If your intend to join the walk please call Anita on her Mobile. 07830 881475
National Trust walk description
If you're starting from the Chalet Pavilion, follow the stream uphill to the former top car park. Continue straight ahead, on the stony track alongside the stream to the head of Carding Mill Valley.
Where the valley forks, go right. Follow Mott's Road uphill.
As you make your way along the path, Calf Ridge will be high up on your left. Soon you'll emerge onto the top of the hill.
The path runs on across the moor to join a broader stony track.
Go left and, almost immediately, left again, onto the
ancient Portway. Look out for... The Portway
This 5,000 year-old ridgeway once carried Neolithic traders high and dry above the wet wooded valleys. When the main track bends left, 440yd (400m) later, turn off to the right and go straight ahead
on a narrower continuation of the Portway.
Look out for... Shooting box
400m on, beside the road to Ratlinghope, a rare bell barrow survives at the shooting box. This Neolithic monument was converted to a shooting box during the Victorian period.
Cross the road and take the path straight ahead, uphill, through the rolling heather. Half a mile on, beyond side paths to Priory Cottage and Medlicott, is Pole Bank. Look out for... Pole Bank
517 metres above sea level, this is the Long Mynd's highest point. On a clear day you can see as far as the Brecon Beacons and the Malverns. From Pole Bank, retrace the path for 275yd (250m) to its junction with the Medlicott track and turn right, to join the tarmacked Burway Road below, beside the spring at Boiling Well.
Go straight on along the path road. Within 110yd (100m), on the right, is a waymarked path to 'Townbrook'. Turn right here, on a grassy path, running roughly parallel with The Burway.
Continue downhill around a low ridge, to the lip of the dramatic Townbrook Hollow. Follow the narrow path down the valley.
Beyond the Victorian reservoir at the foot of the valley, bear left along the top of Old Rectory Wood to emerge on the Burway.
Cross the road and descend the 'Burway Track' back into
Carding Mill Valley.
Cardingmill Valley National Trust tea room and toilets Cardingmill Lane Church Stretton SY6 6JG Parking is £5.50 per car or free with a National Trust membership. Payment can be made by card.
