Shropshire Way Long Distance Footpath

A personal record of my walk of the Shropshire Way with statistics, photographs and written journal. Tracklogs for GPS units and for use with Google Earth are available for download for each stage.

I first discovered Shropshire during a four-day visit to Church Stretton in September 2014. That first visit involved walks of Brown Clee, the Long Mynd and Stiperstones. I was hooked with the beauty of the county. So what could I do on my next visit to Shropshire which would give me a more rounded feel of the whole county? “I could walk the full length of Shropshire,” I thought and so the plan was made. I set out to walk from north to south by way of the Shropshire Way with a slight detour onto the Severn Way which would get me from Shrewsbury to Ironbridge Gorge. Extended to a planned walk of the Cheshire Sandstone Trail this would make for around ten days of adventure while long distance walking. Here, in order of walking from north to south, are the seven stages of my Shropshire walk, six on the Shropshire Way with the third one by way of a Severn Way link. Enjoy the journey with me; I tell it as I found it which includes some spectacular sights and some brilliant stretches of walking. Oh, it does highlight some problems I found as well, particularly in the rural north. Note, this was before the new management team of the Shropshire Way was formed so my problems may well have been sorted by now. Don't let the start of my walk put you off, the walk is worth it in the long run.