Walks you can reach from Craven Arms by train
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Church Stretton Circular via Ratlinghope (Shropshire)
8 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
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.
Time: 4h30–9h
Warnings: Steep ascent to top of Long Mynd; faint moorland paths obscured by undergrowth.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Knighton Circular via Offa's Dyke (Shropshire)
30 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Circular on footpaths and rights of way around the border town of Knighton, set on the River Teme close to the Offa's Dyke Path.
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Abergavenny Circular via Ysgyryd Fach (Monmouthshire)
1 hour direct from Craven Arms.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Broome to Hopton Heath (Shropshire)
5 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
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.
Warnings: Remote rural section with few facilities; carry food and water.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Similar walk: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Hopton Heath to Bucknell (Shropshire)
15 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Past the restored keep of Hopton Castle, then up through Hopton Wood and over Bucknell Hill, with riverside stretches in the Redlake valley.
Hopton Castle: Restored medieval keep, scene of a notable Civil War siege, standing in a quiet valley near the village of the same name.
Warnings: Remote upland and woodland walking with few facilities; come prepared.
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Bucknell to Knighton (Shropshire)
15 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Hill section along an old droving road, past the Caer Caradoc hill fort above Chapel Lawn and a stretch of the Offa's Dyke Path across the England-Wales border, dropping over the Teme into Knighton.
Warnings: Long, exposed section over open hill ground with few facilities until Knighton.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Similar walk: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Knighton to Knucklas (Shropshire)
30 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Open moorland on Glyndŵr's Way over Racecourse Common, descending past the hilltop remains of Knucklas Castle and its castellated railway viaduct into the village.
Knucklas Viaduct: Castellated 13-arch railway viaduct carrying the Heart of Wales line across the Heyope valley at Knucklas.
Warnings: Open hill and common land; some exposure.
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Whitchurch Circular via Oss Mere (Shropshire)
45 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Llanbister Road Circular via Radnor Forest (Radnorshire)
45 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Hilly section with extensive climbing and views to the Radnor Forest, past Rhos Farm, St Michael's Hall and the historic thatched Quaker meeting house at The Pales.
Warnings: Exposed hill walking with sustained climbs and few facilities.
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Gobowen Circular via Wat's Dyke (Shropshire)
45 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Chirk Circular via Gledrid (Denbighshire)
1 hour direct from Craven Arms.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Knucklas to Llanbister Road (Radnorshire)
30 minutes direct from Craven Arms.
Long, remote moorland over Goytre Hill and Wernygeufron common, crossing the River Lugg past the ruins of Fronfelen farm.
Warnings: Long, very remote moorland crossing with extensive open ground and no facilities; navigation skills and full hill kit needed.
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).