Shropshire Routes to Roots

Mineral mining: Walks in the Stiperstones and Llanymynech areas

The Stiperstones

The Shropshire Wildlife Trust looks after 37 Nature Reserves in the county. These vary from woods, flower-rich grassland, to heather covered hills and wetlands. For further information visit their website at www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk

Shropshire County Council Countryside Services produce guided walk leaflets for the Stiperstones. Visit their site for details.

• Shropshire C.C. Countryside Services (External site - Opens in new window)

Further walks:

• GO2 Shropshire Stiperstones walk (External site - Opens in new window)
• Virtual Shropshire - Stiperstones (External site - Opens in new window)

Llanymynech

Llanymynech has one of the many and various Nature Reserves in the county looked after by The Shropshire Wildlife Trust:

For Shropshire County Council Countryside Services at Llanymynech visit their site for details:

• Shropshire C.C. Countryside Services (External site - Opens in new window)

For information on Offa's Dyke, which runs alongside Llanymynech Hill, visit Shropshire County Council Countryside Services:

• Shropshire C.C. Countryside Services (External site - Opens in new window)

And also find out about Offa's Dyke at the Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust website:

• Clwyd-Powys Archeological Trust (External site - Opens in new window)