Best walks near Shrewsbury by train
Shropshire · West Midlands of England
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Church Stretton Station Circular via Carding Mill Valley (Shropshire)
15m direct from Shrewsbury.
15km.
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. Steep ascent to top of Long Mynd; faint moorland paths obscured by undergrowth.
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Craven Arms Station Circular via Stokesay Castle (Shropshire)
30m direct from Shrewsbury.
2km.
Fairytale (Stokesay Castle). Stokesay Castle built 1280s-1290s by wool trader Laurence of Ludlow; survived Civil War siege in 1645; became public attraction in 1908. Cross A449 road carefully.
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Wednesbury Great Western Street Station to Wolverhampton Station
45m direct from Shrewsbury.
9km.
Largely paved paths, pavements and canal towpaths through residential streets, industrial estates, a nature reserve, and a former-railway path. Route follows a section of the Monarch’s Way long-distance footpath. Well-served public transport returns to the start. Footpath across wasteland between Walsall and Wolverhampton is ill-kempt with fly-tipping; gap-in-fence section near the mound is tricky to navigate.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Kings Norton Station (Warwickshire)
1h direct from Shrewsbury.
10km.
Canal towpath (Worcester and Birmingham Canal). Kings Norton was site of a 1642 English Civil War battle.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Bournville Station (Warwickshire)
1h direct from Shrewsbury.
8km.
Canal towpath, urban paths, and suburban streets. Walk along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal from city centre to Cadbury's model village.
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Birmingham New Street Station to Smethwick Rolfe Street Station (Warwickshire)
1h direct from Shrewsbury.
6km.
Canal towpath. Walk along Birmingham Canal Navigation from city center to ethnically diverse Smethwick.
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Birmingham New Street Station to University Station (Warwickshire)
1h direct from Shrewsbury.
5km.
Spectacular modernist architecture. Canal towpath and university campus paths. Urban walk through Birmingham's industrial heritage and prestigious university grounds. Steep slope approaching campus.
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Congleton Station to Kidsgrove Station (Cheshire)
1h from Shrewsbury, with one change.
11km.
Spectacular views across Cheshire plain. Countryside ridge walk with gritstone outcrops, woodland paths, and fields. Mow Cop is where Primitive Methodism began in 1800 with mass prayer meetings by Hugh Bourne and William Clowes. Stiles and steps; steep downhill sections.
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Penkridge Station to Stafford Station (Staffordshire)
1h from Shrewsbury, with one change.
12km.
Impressive views across southern and central Staffordshire landscape. Walk traverses Staffordshire countryside from Penkridge to Stafford via the ruins of a neo-gothic manor on the site of Stafford's medieval castle. Busy road near Penkridge; care crossing main roads near Stafford.
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Old Hill Station to Tipton Station (Staffordshire)
1h from Shrewsbury, with one change.
9km.
Wild and dramatic escarpment (Rowley Hills). Mostly along canal towpaths through suburban towns and villages. Walk celebrates William Perry, the 'Tipton Slasher', a renowned 19th-century bareknuckle boxer born in Tipton in 1819. Over two miles through dark Netherton Tunnel (option).
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Stone Station to Stafford Station (Staffordshire)
1h from Shrewsbury, with one change.
14km.
Boggy muddy ground at wetter times of year. Stafford Common is an unusually large surviving common land near a major Midlands centre with origins in medieval townland for grazing, protected by parliament 1839 and 1939. Comparatively busy road at Whitgreave; boggy ground when wet.
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Gobowen Station to Chirk Station (Shropshire)
15m direct from Shrewsbury.
Easy: 6km, gentle ascents. 2h.
Canal towpath.