Shropshire Family Friendly Walks series
There are 12 family friendly walks that have been specifically developed with children in mind. These bold and colourful walk guides are specially designed to appeal to families with young children. They are informative and fun with maps and written directions to help you find your way. Most of the routes are circular and vary in distance from 1 to 3 miles. They start from countryside sites that have parking and many of the routes are pushchair friendly. Look out for ‘Discover Shropshire Family Friendly’ in the walk title.
Other family walks
This page also lists other walks that would be of interest to families. They are short, circular walks with easy parking. The ‘Easy Access’ walks are push chair friendly.
The full list of the routes in this category is shown below.
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Discover Shropshire Family Friendly : Bloody Battlefield
A 1.5 mile circular walk around the Battlefield Site.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Brown Moss Bogginess
A short 1 mile walk around Brown Moss.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Colemere Collywobbles
A 1.5 mile circular walk around Cole Mere.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Ellesmere Eccentricities
A 2 mile walk around The Mere at Ellesmere.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Ellesmere Extravaganza
A 2 mile circular walk from the Mere to the canal and back.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Llanymynech Looniness
A 1 mile circular walk around Llanymynech Heritage Area.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Nesscliffe – The Cliffe
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Nesscliffe Nonsense Big American Softies
A 1 mile circular walk enjoying the huge trees you'll find growing around Nesscliffe Hill.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Nesscliffe Nonsense Robbers, Ramparts & Roundheads
A 2 mile circular walk around Nesscliffe Hill's Iron Age Hillfort.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Rectory Wood and Field
A 2 mile circular walk around Rectory Wood & Field.
Discover Shropshire Family Friendly: Ropey Old Lyth Hill
A 2 mile circular walk around Lyth Hill.
Discover Shropshire Circular Walk 5 – Sallow Coppice
A wonderful 3.8 mile circular walk from The Discovery Centre at Craven Arms into Sallow Coppice to see the Bluebells.
Easy Access 1: The Mere at Ellesmere
Easy Access 2: Onny Meadows Craven Arms
These riverside water meadows lie behind Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre.
Easy Access 3: Stiperstones National Nature Reserve
The Stiperstones is a wild ridge of Quartzite tors surrounded by a sea of heather. The Knolls car park at the southern end of the Reserve offers panoramic views of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The car park leads to an all ability trail. It is an excellent place to enjoy wildlife.
Easy Access 4: Haughmond Hill at Shrewsbury
Haughmond Hill is a large woodland that is very popular with dog walkers and visitors wanting easy walks with nice views. It has many rough paths, two surfaced trails and a good car park.
Easy Access 5: Ifton Meadows Nature Reserve
Ifton Meadows is a Local Nature Reserve reclaimed from the spoil heaps of Ifton Colliery. The Meadows offer excellent access to superb views of the Dee Valley and Welsh Mountains.
Easy Access 6: Monkmoor Community Woodland
This delightful, relatively unknown site is next to the River Severn and close to the centre of Shrewsbury. It is a quiet 'out of the way' location with excellent views of the river and Haughmond Hill.
Easy Access 7: Colemere Country Park
Explore Colemere Country Park
Easy Access 8: Stanmore Country Park
Stanmore Country Park
Easy Access 9: Llanymynech Heritage Area
This nationally important industrial heritage site is home to a restored Hoffman Kiln, one of only three left in the country. The site, which is close to the Montgomery Canal, has an excellent series of access paths and is littered with historic features of interest. It is also a great place to see wildlife.
Easy Access 10: Battlefield Heritage Site
This is the site of a famously bloody battle waged in 1403 between King Henry IV and Sir Henry ‘Harry Hotspur’ Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.. Surfaced paths and gentle gradients make it an easy place to explore although it is challenging for unassisted wheelchair users. Information panels around the site describe the battle as it unfolded.
Grinshill & Corbet Wood
A 2.5 mile circular walk woodland walk with wonderful views.
Minsterley Red Walk: Hills & Mines
Explore the area's mining heritage