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START/FINISH OS Explorer 201 & 216 Newcastle on Clun community centre car park (SO 249823). FULL ROUTE Distance: 14¼km (8¾ miles) Time: 5 – 5½ hrs MEDIUM ROUTE Distance: 11½km (7¼ miles) Time: 4 – 4½ hrs DIFFICULTY START by turning right past the school and right again out of the village towards the church. Continue along the road as far as Bryndrinog Cottage to meet Offa’s Dyke Path. Turn left up the steps and over the stile, crossing over the track to climb up the hill. The post here celebrates that this is the half-way point of Offa’s Dyke Path. There are really good views from here. (If you have downloaded the podcast - play it here). Stay on the Offa’s Dyke Path following the Dyke to eventually reach the road at Hergan. To follow a much shorter route from here follow the path to the right to 10 . Cross over the road and keep following Offa’s Dyke Path to where it turns north. From here follow the signs for the Shropshire Way (a Buzzard) up the bank past an old quarry on the right. Head straight across the field to the stile by the gate. Go down the field edge past the gate and stile on the left to the stile in the fence. Follow the field edge downhill through the gate and along the double-hedged lane to the road. (To follow the short route from here see below right.) Go straight on from the stile, up the road, ignoring the turnings on the left and right. Go on through the gate and up the sunken track following the Shropshire Way over the Cefns. Just after the stile and small pond on the left, leave the Shropshire Way and bear right down the side of an old hedge for a short distance. Go through the gap, and then descend right across the steep hillside to a stile in the hedge/fence. Continue in the same direction downhill to the corner of the field, left of the water trough where there is a stile and gateway hidden by a fallen tree. A little further on there is another stile in the fence on the right. Cross this and drop down the hillside towards Whitcott Keysett, along a short section of hedged track, through a gate to the road. Turn right and follow the road to just past Hollybush Farm. Take the road on the left that crosses the ford and then uphill to the junction near the Graig. Turn left past the Graig and along the track to follow the right-hand track up and along to where the double hedges finish at a gate and stile. Follow the hedge on the left to the track from the right and head towards two sets of gates. Go through the right-hand gate. Turn left to retrace your route back to the church. To go to Fron Motte follow the track to the right of the church up the hill. SHORT ROUTE Leave the Shropshire Way (6) turning right past the farmhouse and up the road to the wicket gate on the left. Go through and down the bank across the track to a second wicket gate. Follow the fence to the left passing through some gates and another wicket. Continue with the hedge on the right to where the track bends around to the left, drop down past an old ruin and through the gate, turning right down the track to the road. Head straight on at the “T” junction, turning left over the ford then right up the road to rejoin the main route at the Graig (11). 2. Newcastle, old stories Five walks on the Shropshire border - Newcastle on Clun walk Offa’s Dyke Path Circular Walks The name ‘Newcastle on Clun’ should tell you all you need to know about this valley. The conquering hand of the Norman overlords controlling this corridor into the Welsh heartland is clear. But what of Offa? The intimidating Dyke across the Clun marked his territorial intentions. ‘I am King of Mercia, do not defy me,’ it said. Farming in the valley may have erased the Earthwork’s crossing, but Fron Motte has stood the test of time. Its roots pre-date even Offa by more than a thousand years. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail • T: 01597 827580 • E: [email protected] • www.nationaltrail.co.uk/offasdyke Shropshire Council Outdoor Recreation • T: 0345 6789000 • E: [email protected] These guides and the podcasts are also downloadable from www.shropshirewalking.co.uk
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Start/FiniShOS Explorer 201 & 216 Newcastle on Clun community centre car park (SO 249823).
Full routeDistance: 14¼km (8¾ miles) Time: 5 – 5½ hrs
MediuM route Distance: 11½km (7¼ miles) Time: 4 – 4½ hrs
diFFiCultY
START by turning right past the school and right again out of the
village towards the church. Continue along the road as far as Bryndrinog Cottage to meet Offa’s Dyke Path.
Turn left up the steps and over the stile, crossing over the track
to climb up the hill.
The post here celebrates that this is the half-way point of Offa’s
Dyke Path. There are really good views from here. (If you have downloaded the podcast - play it here). Stay on the Offa’s Dyke Path following the Dyke to eventually reach the road at Hergan.
To follow a much shorter route from here follow the path to the right to 10.
Cross over the road and keep following Offa’s Dyke Path to
where it turns north. From here follow the signs for the Shropshire Way (a Buzzard) up the bank past an old quarry on the right. Head straight across the field to the stile by the gate. Go down the field edge past the gate and stile on the left to the stile in the fence. Follow the field edge downhill through the gate and along the double-hedged lane to the road. (To follow the short route from here see below right.)
Go straight on from the stile, up the road, ignoring the turnings
on the left and right. Go on through the gate and up the sunken track following the Shropshire Way over the Cefns.
Just after the stile and small pond on the left, leave the Shropshire
Way and bear right down the side of an old hedge for a short distance. Go through the gap, and then descend right across the steep hillside to a stile in the hedge/fence. Continue in the same direction downhill to the corner of the field, left of the water trough where there is a stile and gateway hidden by a fallen tree. A little further on there is another stile in the fence on the right. Cross this and drop down the hillside towards Whitcott Keysett, along a short section of hedged track, through a gate to the road.
Turn right and follow the road to just past Hollybush Farm.
Take the road on the left that crosses the ford and then uphill
to the junction near the Graig.
Turn left past the Graig and along the track to follow the right-hand
track up and along to where the double hedges finish at a gate and stile.
Follow the hedge on the left to the track from the right and head
towards two sets of gates. Go through the right-hand gate. Turn left to retrace your route back to the church.
To go to Fron Motte follow the track to the right of the church
up the hill.
Short routeLeave the Shropshire Way (6) turning right past the farmhouse and up the road to the wicket gate on the left. Go through and down the bank across the track to a second wicket gate. Follow the fence to the left passing through some gates and another wicket. Continue with the hedge on the right to where the track bends around to the left, drop down past an old ruin and through the gate, turning right down the track to the road. Head straight on at the “T” junction, turning left over the ford then right up the road to rejoin the main route at the Graig (11).
2. newcastle, old storiesFive walks on the Shropshire border - Newcastle on Clun walk
Offa’s Dyke Path Circular Walks
The name ‘Newcastle on Clun’ should tell you all you need to know about this valley. The conquering hand of the Norman overlords controlling this corridor into the Welsh heartland is clear. But what of Offa? The intimidating Dyke across the Clun marked his territorial intentions. ‘I am King of Mercia, do not defy me,’ it said. Farming in the valley may have erased the Earthwork’s crossing, but Fron Motte has stood the test of time. Its roots pre-date even Offa by more than a thousand years.
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offa’s dyke Path national trail • T: 01597 827580 • E: [email protected] • www.nationaltrail.co.uk/offasdykeShropshire Council outdoor recreation • T: 0345 6789000 • E: [email protected] guides and the podcasts are also downloadable from www.shropshirewalking.co.uk
Offa’s Dyke Path Circular Walks
Newcastle
Fron
Bryndrinog
WhitcottKeysett
Graig HillHollybush
MarduFarm
Mardu
ThreeGates
Broneth
Myndtown
UpperMount
Hergan
GollyCoppice
Cwn Farm
Bryn-y-Cratch
Maesyrhaime
Wellfield
FronEnd
Cefn Bronydd
Bridge Farm
Quarry(dis)
Reservoir
Bryn-coch
Swinbatch
LittleHall
Middle Spoad
The Yew Tree
Upper Barn
B4368
Church Roa
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Mardu Lane
Fort
Mount Bank
Skeltons Bank
Graig
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Short route
Woodland
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Shropshire Way
Footpaths
Byways
Alternative shorter route
Roads
Tracks / paths
Offa’s Dyke
Offa’s Dyke Path
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Newcastle
Fron
Bryndrinog
WhitcottKeysett
Graig HillHollybush
MarduFarm
Mardu
ThreeGates
Broneth
Myndtown
UpperMount
Hergan
GollyCoppice
Cwn Farm
Bryn-y-Cratch
Maesyrhaime
Wellfield
FronEnd
Cefn Bronydd
Bridge Farm
Quarry(dis)
Reservoir
Bryn-coch
Swinbatch
LittleHall
Middle Spoad
The Yew Tree
Upper Barn
B4368
Church Roa
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Mardu Lane
Fort
Mount Bank
Skeltons Bank
Graig
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2. newcastle, old storiesFive walks on the Shropshire border - Newcastle on Clun walk
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Primary Shropshire Council Banner logo, full colour. Light Blue Pantone 7461ECDark Blue Pantone 281EC
Primary Shropshire Council logo, spot colour. Light Blue Pantone 7461CDark Blue Pantone 281C
Primary Shropshire Council logo, single colour. Light Blue Pantone 7461C
Secondary Shropshire Council logo,single colour. Dark Blue Pantone 281C
Secondary Shropshire Council logo,white reversed. White over secondary colour/image
Primary Shropshire Council logo, black.
Black only
Primary Shropshire Council logo, full colour. Light Blue Pantone 7461ECDark Blue Pantone 281EC
offa’s dyke Path national trail • T: 01597 827580 • E: [email protected] • www.nationaltrail.co.uk/offasdykeShropshire Council outdoor recreation • T: 0345 6789000 • E: [email protected] guides and the podcasts are also downloadable from www.shropshirewalking.co.uk
