The Shropshire Hills

David Hunter was born and brought up in London, but moved to Worcestershire, and has spent many years living in and exploring the Welsh borders. He is a keen and experienced walker, and has written a number of guides for Cicerone, including Walking down the Wye, Severn Walks, Walking in Worcestershire and Offa's Dyke Path.

THE WALKS
1: Severn Down
Severnside walk with return by steam train
2: High Rock
Riverside and lane walking which includes a 'secret valley', spectacular
view of the Severn and a hermit's cave
3: Severn Up
Upstream walk and return via farmland with more about Bridgnorth

Feature One: Bridgnorth - Sabrina Fair
4: Bewdley and the Wyre Forest
A woodland walk into Worcestershire

Feature Two: Ironbridge
5: The Wrekin Giants
A walk over The Wrekin with some folklore

Feature Three: Much Wenlock
6: Wenlock Edge and the Desperate Rider
The Major's Leap walk
7: Ippikin's Rock and Spring Lamb
More on the Edge
8: Hope Dale and the Edge
Includes Wilderhope Manor and remote Hope Dale
9: The Stiperstones
A little on the wild side - an exploration of a rocky ridge and some of its legends
10: The Long Mynd - Carding Mill Valley Circuit
A walk from this well-known beauty spot
11: The Long Mynd - Ashes Hollow and Pole Bank
More on the Long Mynd including the summit
12: The Long Mynd - Minton and the Packhorse Way
From tiny Minton over Packetstone Hill
13: The Three Hills Walk
A circuit taking in some of the less visited hills to the east of Church Stretton
14: Caractacus's Last Battle
Walk to Caer Caradoc - a hill camp associated in legend with the British leader
15: An Englishman's Home
A Stokesay Castle walk

Feature Four: Ludlow
16: Forest Walking at High Vinnals
A walk in the woods near Ludlow with the possibility of seeing a unique herd of deer
17: Offa's Dyke
A walk on a section of the Dyke
18: More on Offa
Further walking on the Dyke
19: Croft Castle and the Sun in Splendour
A visit to a National Trust property, a short walk to a hill fort and some reference to the Battle of Mortimer's Cross
20: Top of the Lot
Walk to the highest point in Shropshire - Brown Clee Hill
21: The Land Man Made
Walk from the summit of Titterstone Clee Hill, much altered by quarrying and capped by an earth satellite station?