Shropshire's Great Outdoors

Walking For Life: Bridgnorth Oldbury to Eardington (Short Walk)

Walks and Strolls around Bridgnorth – Oldbury to Eardington Short Walk

Walking for Life route – 3 km / 1.8 mile circular walk, starting at Listley Street North Car Park, Bridgnorth WV16 4AW (Pay and display).

For a longer version of this walk – Oldbury to Eardington (Long Walk) 

 

Walk directions

  1. Start

    Start at Listley Street Car Park, cross straight over the road onto Railway Street and continue to a T-junction.

  2. Step 2

    At the T-junction cross straight over onto a hardcore track (signposted Severn Valley Railway SVR).

  3. Step 3

    Just as you approach the station take a waymarked footpath uphill to your right (just through a gateway).

  4. Step 4

    At the top of the footpath continue straight across the school playing fields towards a brick building; pass the brick building on your right and continue to a stile in the top right hand corner.

  5. Step 5

    Go over the stile and follow the path onto a footbridge over the bypass.

  6. Step 6

    Once over the footbridge turn right onto Cycle Route 45 Mercian Way and continue until you reach a small lane.

  7. Step 7

    Continue straight up the lane, around a left hand bend to a T-junction.

  8. Step 8

    Turn left at the T-junction and continue along the road to another T-junction.

  9. Step 9

    Turn left at the T-junction, past a small church on your left.

  10. Step 10

    Immediately after the church turn left following the footpath sign across the church car park to a stile in the top right hand corner. Once over the stile follow the left hand hedge to another stile at the bottom of the field.

  11. Step 11

    Once over the stile turn left onto a footpath.

  12. Step 12

    Take the first right over the bypass footbridge and follow the footpath left handed back onto the school fields.

  13. Step 13

    Continue towards and past the brick building on your left and follow the line of the church in the distance to a footpath on the far side of the fields.

  14. Step 14

    Continue down the footpath and turn left at the bottom onto a track.

  15. Step 15

    When you reach the road cross straight over onto Railway Street.

  16. Step 16

    At the top of Railway Street cross straight over the road back into the car park.

Route leaflet

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