We are the Telford & East Shropshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Chris H.
Nesscliffe Hills and the Cliffe Countryside Heritage Site is 70 hectares including wooded hills and a heather covered ridge, and gives expansive views over the Shropshire countryside and Welsh hills.
This is a winter walk with steep and muddy paths so please bring suitable clothing. Robust footwear and walking poles are recommended. Please also bring a hot drink and some food.
Nesscliffe Hills and the Cliffe Countryside Heritage Site covers two wooded hills and a heather covered ridge, and gives expansive views over the Shropshire countryside and Welsh hills.
Visitors have a 70 hectare area of mixed woodland and heathland to explore; that’s about the size of 140 football pitches! Within the site there is an iron age hill fort, a series of impressive quarries which supplied stone for some of Shropshire’s castles and churches, and a cave hewn into the sandstone, which is said to have been the hideout of the medieval outlaw Humphrey Kynaston. There is a wealth of evidence of human activity stretching back 3000 years including saw pits where trees were planked by hand on site, world war two trenches, squatters cottages, an observation post and a terrace where archery competitions were held two hundred years ago. Many of these features are not obvious but visitors can have fun searching for them.
The natural heritage of the site includes an extensive area of lowland heath and mixed woodland with an unusually wide variety of conifer trees, almost an arboretum. The variety of habitats including ponds and steep cliffs gives rise to a wide variety of wildlife, particularly birds and insects. The Cliffe heathland is a rare habitat nationally and looks stunning in August when the purple heather is in flower.
The site has an extensive network of tracks, paths and trails giving a variety of walking and riding experiences from level tracks to steep narrow footpaths suitable for all different ages and abilities.
The walk is dog-friendly - Well behaved dogs welcome. Please see the Telford & East Shropshire Ramblers Dog Policy: https://tesramblers.org.uk/walks/dog-policy.html
There is the potential to extend the walk into Ryton-XI-Towns if walkers want to visit the 12th Century church and medieval castle ruins. At the end of the walk, there will be the opportunity to explore some of the parts of the Heritage Site not visited during the walk (daylight permitting).
The Ramblers now operates a Walk Leader to participant ratio, please WhatsApp or text to book on with the leader prior to the walk to reserve your place.
The leader will go directly to the start. Participants may be able to arrange car sharing between themselves from Telford.
Oaks car park, Nesscliffe Hills Countryside Park
