Best walks from Leominster

Leominster Station to Ludlow Station

A walk across low-lying boulder-clay farmland with relatively little variety, much of it on the Herefordshire Trail; some fields are difficult to cross because of mud, standing crops or ploughing right up to the hedge line. Takes you high in places for good views; badly maintained stiles and boggy bridges and one tricky traveller's-site crossing. Follows the Herefordshire Trail for much of its length. The route is shadowed by a railway line and a village bus route, useful for splitting the walk. Passes nationally significant glacial landforms (moraines) from the last ice advance.

20km.

Several poorly marked and confusing sections, especially around Moor Park School and Burnt House Farm, with no working gates (climbing required), little signage and awkward boundary crossings. Crosses the Manchester–Cardiff railway line twice. Can be muddy.

Lunch: A shop in Richard's Castle; the Castle Inn there does not appear to be open.

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Leominster Station to Hereford Station

stunning 360 degree views. A long, scenic route with great variety - woods, ridges, commons and farmland - and excellent far-reaching views, but much of it is genuinely seasonal: low-lying sections and woodland tracks become deeply flooded and boggy after heavy rain. Climbs through Wellington Wood and onto Westhope Hill are steep and with one wooded path turning to a slick of red clay mud; arable field paths can be hard to find when in crop. A seasonal route, best in dry conditions. Brierley features a man-made lake with wildfowl and a hill fort with intact ramparts. Local bus transport allows point-to-point walking. Wellington's pub has closed but the community shop/post office has drinks, snacks and a toilet.

28km.

Low-lying sections near Broadward Bridge and the gravel works north of the A49 flood severely and become impassable after prolonged rain - effectively a dry-season route. Steep, slippery clay climbs through Yoke Wood and to Westhope Hill. A stile with barbed wire across it before Wellington Wood. Indistinct arable-field paths. Can be muddy.

Lunch stop: the Wellington Post Office and Community Shop.

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