Walks near Welshpool by train
Montgomeryshire · Wales
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Wellington Circular (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.
Town streets, woodland tracks, steep ascent to The Wrekin summit with panoramic views over Shropshire and beyond.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep climb to summit; can be windy on top.
Walk details: Wellington Walkers Are Welcome.
Church Stretton Circular via Ratlinghope (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.
Striking views back down Carding Mill Valley. Up Carding Mill Valley and across the Long Mynd Plateau and Wild Moor. Site of Richard Munslow's grave, reputedly Britain's last sin-eater who died in 1906.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Carding Mill Valley and the Long Mynd (National Trust)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep ascent to top of Long Mynd; faint moorland paths obscured by undergrowth.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Craven Arms Circular via Wart Hill (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.
Craven Arms to Broome (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.
Opening section of the Heart of Wales Line Trail over fields and through kissing gates on the Shropshire Way, past Hopesay Common and the village of Aston on Clun with its dressed Arbor Tree.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Reverse direction: Rail Rambles.
Broome to Hopton Heath (Shropshire)
1 hour from Welshpool, with one change.
Quiet field paths and lanes through the Clun valley, past Beambridge and the village of Clunbury with its riverside church, crossing the River Clun several times.
Hopton Castle: Restored medieval keep, scene of a notable Civil War siege, standing in a quiet valley near the village of the same name.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Remote rural section with few facilities; carry food and water.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Similar walk: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Newtown Circular via Fachwen Pool (Montgomeryshire)
15 minutes direct from Welshpool.
Machynlleth Circular via Llyn Glanmeryn (Montgomeryshire)
45 minutes direct from Welshpool.
Whitchurch Circular via Oss Mere (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.
Gobowen Circular via Wat's Dyke (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.
Chirk Circular via Gledrid (Denbighshire)
1 hour from Welshpool, with one change.
Shifnal Circular via Lodge Hill (Shropshire)
1 hour from Welshpool, with one change.
Town streets, field paths, woodland, Lodge Hill viewpoint, Wesley Brook valley and Shifnal Manor.
Time: 2h30 (1h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep steps on the descent to Wesley Brook.
Walk details: Shropshire's Great Outdoors (PDF).
Wrenbury to Whitchurch (Cheshire)
45 minutes from Welshpool, with one change.