The Long Mynd loop from Church Stretton

Market Drayton Group

Welcome to Market Drayton Ramblers. We walk in Shropshire and the surrounding counties. There are walks every Sunday (8 - 10 miles) and Tuesday (5 - 7 miles).

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month

Overview

8.5 miles moderate walk taking in Carding Mill Valley up to the Long Mynd. Along via Pole Bank and returning near Little Stretton. 1,700 feet ascent. Weather conditions permitting excellent views.

Sunday, 18 February 2024

Meeting time:: 8:30 am
Start time:: 9:30 am
Estimated finish time:: 3:15 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 13.7km / 8.5mi
Ascent:: 518.2m / 1700ft
Type:: circular

NON MARKET DRAYTON RAMBLERS PLEASE BOOK WITH THE LEADER FOR THIS WALK

Features

Toilets available
Car parking available
Car sharing available

Meeting point

Grid reference:: SJ 67610 33901
Nearest postcode:: TF9 2FE
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Meeting time:: 8:30 am

M.D. Swimming centre

Starting point

Grid reference:: SO 45416 93575
Nearest postcode:: SY6 6BL
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Start time:: 9:30 am

Parking at Pay and Display car park, Easthope Road, Church Stretton. Free on Sundays. Toilets. Post Code SY6 6BL. SO 45395 93614

Upcoming walks with Market Drayton Group

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Buxton and Errwood Reservoir

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Wetwood - Scavenger Hunt Walk

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Market Drayton

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Cardingmill Valley

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Difficulty:: Moderate

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Nantwich area taking in landscape of South Cheshire

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Swynnerton

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Newcastle on Clun and its northern surrounds

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The Lesser Known Parts of Telford Town Park

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Market Drayton Golf Club and Salisbury Hill

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Hay on Wye to Gladestry

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Bishops Castle and Blackeridge Woods

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Copmere

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Norton In Hales

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Gladestry to Evenjobb

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Picklescott and Betchcott Hills

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Mount View. Hopton

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Loggerheads

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Tallarn Green and The Three Mills Walk

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Wedgwood Monument via Parrot's Drumble

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Wybunbury

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Bishops Castle and Offa's Dyke

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.8 miles

Loggerheads Country Park , the ''Leete''path and surrounds

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Pipe Gate and surrounding countryside

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Grindley Brook

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 4.0 miles

Churchtown to Knighton

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Difficulty:: Strenuous

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Church Pulverbatch and The Radleth

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Doxey Marshes and Stafford Castle

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Fringes of Combermere Woods

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Forden to Four Crosses

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Difficulty:: Strenuous

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Bridgnorth , River Severn and countryside

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Out and about from Sound Heath Nature Reserve

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Market Drayton Area

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Cannock Chase

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Difficulty:: Moderate

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Diddlebury and the Corvedale Three Castles Walk.

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Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Almington and Hales

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Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Oswestry racecourse to Four Crosses

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Difficulty:: Strenuous

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Aston on Clun and Burrow Hill Fort

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Myddle countryside walk

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Llandegla to Trevor

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Stiperstones and Linley Hill

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Shifnal and rural Shropshire.

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Aymestrey and The Mortimer Trail

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Swynnerton and Hanchurch Woods

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

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Join the Ramblers and enjoy

unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
exclusive discounts from our partners
knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Join now for just £3.58 per month