The main access and most popular footpath for the Wrekin forms part of the Shropshire Way. Car parking is available at the Forest Glen to the north of the hill (Shropshire Wildlife Trust car park and some roadside parking). Please ensure that you park safely and do not obstruct the highway.

Where does the Wrekin walk start?

This popular walk takes you to the summit of this iconic Shropshire Hill. You start at the car park at Lawrence Hill and follow good footpaths along the Shropshire Way to the 407 m (1,335 ft) summit.

Is parking at the Wrekin free?

The Wrekin is great for all ages, its great exercise, its a bit hard going in places, but once you have reached the summit the views are amazing. Its dog friendly and car parking is free.

Can you walk around the Wrekin?

The Wrekin Hill Circular is a 4 mile loop trail located near Telford, Shropshire, England that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail.

How long is the walk to the top of the Wrekin?

The Wrekin lies about five miles west of Telford, on the minor road between Cluddley and Little Wenlock. The walk is about five miles (8km), easy woodland walking, followed by a stiffish climb to the summit. Allow about three hours.

Walks in Shropshire: Climbing the Wrekin

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What counties can you see from the Wrekin?

Evidence suggests twenty historic counties of England and Wales are visible from The Wrekin on a clear day, including the summits of Blake Moor, Yorkshire (73 miles distant), Winter Hill, Lancashire (66 miles), Chastleton Hill, Oxfordshire (63 miles) and Pen Y Fan, Brecknockshire (66 miles).

What's at the top of the Wrekin?

The heavily forested Haughmond Hill is located behind it. The summit of the Wrekin with its trig point, toposcope (viewfinder) and radio tower.

How many counties can you see from the top of the Wrekin?

This ancient stronghold, built around 400BC, crowns the summit of The Wrekin. On a clear day, you can see 17 counties from The Wrekin's 407m (1,335ft) summit, and other hill forts, on the Malvern Hills (40 miles away) and in west Wales, would have been visible, too, in their heyday.

Can you cycle up the Wrekin?

Why not cycle around the famous Wrekin hill by following three sections of the award- winning National Cycle Network? Combine the quiet lanes of the Mercian Way (16 miles along National Cycle Route 45) with the disused railway paths of the Silkin Way (Route 55) and Perry Way (Route 81) and you have a 36 mile circuit.

Is it free parking at Telford Town Centre?

Enjoy FREE parking from 5pm EVERY THURSDAY

Tariffs up to 3 hours apply to both Short and Long stay car parks. For safe collection or "drop off" the centre offers a free 10 minute grace period within all our car parks.

Is the wrekin a dormant volcano?

So what do we know about the Wrekin? It's formed from some of the oldest rock in the area (Cambrian period, 545-510 million years ago), including lava and volcanic ash. However, it isn't an extinct volcano, as popular belief would have it.

Is the Wrekin a hill or a mountain?

The Wrekin is a single mountain surrounded by a fairly flat landscape, rather than being part of a larger area of hills or mountains. It has a narrow base and steep slopes.

What is the Wrekin made up of?

The Wrekin is made of very ancient 'Uriconian' volcanic rocks (though its shape does not in fact come from having been 'a volcano'). The north side of the Wrekin has lovely oak woodlands with associated wildlife, and there is rough grassland and fragments of heathland on the open hilltop.

What does around the Wrekin mean?

English Midlands dialect. the long way round. he went all round the Wrekin instead of explaining clearly.

How high is stiperstones?

The Stiperstones is a spectacular 10-kilometre ridge in south-west Shropshire rising to 536 metres above sea level.

Is Haughmond Hill open today?

Open every day (except Christmas Day).

What are the ruins on Clee Hill?

The Ruins of Titterstone Clee Hill. With evidence of human activity stretching back to the Bronze Age, the summit of this bleak and barren hill is strewn with prehistoric cairns and walls, juxtaposed with brutal industrial ruins which loom ominously above the manmade craters of abandoned quarries.

Where can I park in Telford?

Car parks

• Dawley. Captain Webb - long stay car park. ...
• Hadley. Manse Road - long stay car park. ...
• Ironbridge. The Wharfage - short stay car park. ...
• Newport. Stafford Street - short stay car park. ...
• Oakengates. Limes Walk - long stay car park. ...
• Telford Town Centre. Southwater Multi-storey - long stay car park. ...
• Wellington.