SO5493 : The Jack Mytton Way in Longville Coppice
taken 2 years ago, near to Longville in The Dale, 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 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.