Haughmond Hill

 

Walk through this mixed woodland to discover fantastic views over Shrewsbury to the hills of South Shropshire.

The viewpoint once boasted a castle like folly that featured in 19th century paintings of the hill. Around the site of the folly you will find earth banks and ditches believed to be remnants of an Iron Age enclosure.

Down the hillside, below the viewpoint, is a knoll known as Queen Eleanor’s Bower. No one knows the origin of the name but the mound is a ringwork, a type of medieval fortification, one of only 60 of its type in the country.

How to get there:

Haughmond Hill is part of The Marches. Shrewsbury is the nearest town or village.

Follow the B5062 (Sundorne then Newport Road)out of Shrewsbury. At the brow of the hill, after the Abbey turn right. The car park is on the right after the quarry.

Postcode SY4 4PW

OS Grid Reference: SJ 545 147

Start your visit from:

Other places to go in The Marches

• Eastridge
  
• Bury Ditches And Colstey Wood
  
• Kinsley Wood
  
• Hopton Wood
  
• Croft Wood
  
• Mortimer Forest
  
• Wapley Hill Wood
  

Facilities:

Activities:

	If you are walking with dogs please do not allow them to foul the paths. Particularly the yellow, all ability trail as this is popular with wheel chair users and families with buggies.
	If you choose to cycle on Haughmond please take care as there are large numbers of families and walkers with dogs. Please do not cycle on the All Ability Trail. Eastridge Woods near Minsterley has cross country and downhill mountain bike trails which will give you a far better ride.
	Riders are welcome in this wood however we would ask you to avoid the all ability (yellow) trail.

Contact:

Georgina Sharp
Recreation Ranger
01584 813826
e-mail: georgina.sharp@forestry.gsi.gov.uk