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Wandering Along and Wondering at Wenlock Edge

Great site, all hard standing, perfect lawns, quite wet underfoot so did not put canopy up over grass for fear of spoiling it. Brian Rowe the owner is a fantastic host, it got quite exciting when my wife and Brian though they might be related, sadly this turned out not to be the case. The old iron Bridge to Craven Arms railway used to run along the back of the site, nothing left of the railway, but there is still the old railway bridge. Wenlock Edge is on the other side of the B4372, in the other direction, over the old railway bridge, you can walk up to the tops. We were here for a long weekend. Saturday we walked to Much Wenlock. Set off at 10:30. Went up to the B4372 and walked along it (in the wrong direction), towards the National Trust Wenlock Edge car park where you can get onto the Shropshire Way. It’s a relatively busy road, with fast travelling cars. I was alway told to walk towards the on-coming traffic when walking along roads without pavements, but what if there is a sharp right hand bend coming up and the on-coming traffic can’t see you? Anyway we did not have to go as far as the car park as we found a small path that led up to the Shropshire Way. Great walking along Wenlock Edge, it really is an edge. When we got near Much Wenlock we picked up the Wenlock Circle path and followed that for a bit before turning into Much Wedlock itself arriving at 12:30 (we walk slowly). There was a small market under the Guild Hall, we bought some cheese. The Guild Hall itself is a fantastic building, little museum upstairs and you can see where the shire court used to sit. Lots of timbered houses and quaint cottages. Also a little museum opposite the Guild Hall which is worth a look (shuts at 13:00 on Saturday). Much Wedlock’s most famous resident was William Penny Brooks who is credited with inventing the modern olympics (at least according to the Much Wenlock museum). Had a nice pub lunch in the Talbot Inn, staff were great. Then up to Wenlock Priory, the “must” see attraction in Much Wenlock. The priory is in ruins, but you can see how immense the priory church once was. I found it strangely peaceful sitting in the priory garden, the sun even came out for a short while. Next cream tea in the "Tea On The Square" tea room. It was now 15:00 and threatening rain so time to head back. We walked back over the fields, well sign posted (most of the time!) and arrived back from the opposite direction to which we started, circular walks are always good. Took us two hours to get back but we tend to walk slowly and dawdle on the way looking at things. I would do the same walk again.
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Ted on the zed replied on 09/10/2019 21:48

Posted on 09/10/2019 21:48

Hi Frans,

Sorry we didn't see you to say goodbye. My dad is still looking at the family tree but sees no connections yet. We are currently in talks with The National Trust, Shropshire Council and a land owner to open up a couple of new footpaths which would enable people to get onto Wenlock Edge without walking along the road. There is of course a route into Wenlock through beautiful countryside with no need to walk along the road and I think this is the route you returned to the site.

Regards

Brian and Alison