Walks near Telford Central by train
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Wellington Circular (Shropshire)
6 minutes direct from Telford Central.
Town streets, woodland tracks, steep ascent to The Wrekin summit with panoramic views over Shropshire and beyond.
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 Telford Central, 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.
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).
Craven Arms Circular via Wart Hill (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Telford Central, with one change.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Craven Arms to Broome (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Telford Central, 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.
Walk details: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Reverse direction: Rail Rambles.
Broome to Hopton Heath (Shropshire)
1 hour from Telford Central, 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.
Warnings: Remote rural section with few facilities; carry food and water.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Similar walk: Heart of Wales Line Travellers (PDF).
Hagley to Barnt Green (Worcestershire)
1 hour from Telford Central, with one change.
Ridge walk over North Worcestershire Hills, open hilltops, scrubland, gorse, woods, pastures, motorway bridge crossing, country parks and heathland with bilberry and heather.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Alvechurch to Kings Norton (Worcestershire)
1 hour from Telford Central, with one change.
Towpath along canal with suburban and greenbelt sections. Nearly 1000 years ago Kings Norton was valued five times higher than Birmingham for taxation; canal junction constructed 1796; area incorporated into Birmingham in 1911.
Waterway: three quarters along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: Narrow road with fast traffic; dark tunnel to avoid (2.5km Wast Hill Tunnel).
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Shifnal Circular via Lodge Hill (Shropshire)
5 minutes direct from Telford Central.
Town streets, field paths, woodland, Lodge Hill viewpoint, Wesley Brook valley and Shifnal Manor.
Time: 1h
Warnings: Steep steps on the descent to Wesley Brook.
Walk details: Shropshire's Great Outdoors (PDF).
Whitchurch Circular via Oss Mere (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Telford Central, with one change.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Gobowen Circular via Wat's Dyke (Shropshire)
45 minutes from Telford Central, with one change.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Welshpool Circular via the Royal Oak (Montgomeryshire)
45 minutes from Telford Central, with one change.
1 lunch spot: the Royal Oak
Walk details: Rail Rambles.
Chirk Circular via Gledrid (Denbighshire)
45 minutes from Telford Central, with one change.
Walk details: Rail Rambles.