SO5998 : The Shropshire Way at Wenlock Edge
taken 2 years ago, near to Stretton Westwood, Shropshire, England
Wenlock Edge was formed 425 million years ago as a coral reef in a shallow sea. The thickly wooded limestone escarpment stretches in an unbroken line for 18 miles (30 km) between Ironbridge and Craven Arms in Shropshire.
The Shropshire Way is a 139 mile long, varied route crossing lowland farmland and many of the notable hills of Shropshire. It passes through Shrewsbury, Clun and Ludlow (the most southerly point), and on the return takes in the Clee Hills, Wenlock Edge, Ironbridge and the Wrekin. The path is waymarked by a buzzard on a named disc.
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The Jack Mytton Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway for horseriders, hillwalkers and mountain bikers in mid and south Shropshire. It is 93 miles (150 km) in length and forms a loop.
It passes through the Shropshire Hills, Long Mynd, Wenlock Edge, and the Clee Hills, also passing through the towns of Cleobury Mortimer, Church Stretton, Clun and Much Wenlock.
It is named after John Mytton (1796–1834), also known as Mad Jack, a Shropshire landowner and MP.