Montgomery Trails – 3 Rolling Marches

Walk directions

1. Step 1

   From the car park go to the road and turn right towards centre of town.

2. Step 2

   Do not enter the town square, but carry on along Princes Street.

3. Step 3

   Go down the hill, ignoring the turn-off to Chirbury. As you approach the end of town, cross over to the pavement in middle of the junction and carry along the road sign-posted, Newtown. Take care at this junction.

4. Step 4

   Carry on along the pavement until just past the de-restriction signs. As the road bears round to the right, cross over very carefully to the gate into a field.

5. Step 5

   Go through this gate and then right, up through field on a grass path to the entrance to a wood.

6. Step 6

   Soon after entering the wood ignore a path going off to the right and carry on up the obvious path, with a fence on the right.

7. Step 7

   The track swings to the left and steepens as it goes through beautiful, mature beech trees.

8. Step 8

   As an expansive view opens up to the right, keep straight on up and emerge onto a grass ‘platform’ at the top of the hill. This is Ffridd Faldwyn Iron Age fort.

9. Step 9

   Go straight across the top grassland and descend slightly to go between embankments with trees on top.

10. Step 10

    Follow the path to a stile (soon to be converted to a gate) and emerge into a field.

11. Step 11

    Go slightly left to a metal gate and go through that to carry straight on to a stile and gate, onto a narrow lane.

12. Step 12

    Cross the lane to a footpath gate and bear right to a gate in the far diagonal right-hand corner of the field.

13. Step 13

    Go through right-hand gate and follow hedge on the left.

14. Step 14

    After about 200 metres, go through a gate, cross a farm track and keep the fence/hedge on your left.

15. Step 15

    Descend and follow fence/hedge as it bends to the left. Find a gate tucked away in the left-hand corner of the field. (Adjacent stile looks unsafe).

16. Step 16

    Go through the gate and keep fence/hedge on your right.

17. Step 17

    At the end of the field, turn right over a stile or through the right-hand gate. Do not take the gate straight-ahead of you.

18. Step 18

    The path curves round to left. Keep the hedge/fence on your left as you descend into a small valley.

19. Step 19

    At the bottom, veer away from the hedge and go through a gap in a slight earth mound to find a stile on the other side of the small stream.

20. Step 20

    Cross this stile and go straight on ‘clipping’ a fence on the right and coming to a farm track at end of the field near a farmyard.

21. Step 21

    Turn left along the track, away from the farm and through a gateway. At the end of the right-hand fence you will find a metal footpath gate into a field.

22. Step 22

    Go through this gate and keep the fence on your left as you climb up the field.

23. Step 23

    At the top, go through a gate/stile and keep the fence (then hedge) on your left, to find a footpath gate tucked away in a left-hand corner of the field.

24. Step 24

    Go through the gate. In about 20 metres turn left onto a track, to go through an old gate and into a large field.

25. Step 25

    Aim straight on, with the tree to your left, to find a stile up a slope.

26. Step 26

    Cross this stile and bear slightly right (heading in the direction of the monument) to ‘meet’ a hedge. You will then see a stile ahead.

27. Step 27

    Cross this stile and make for far left-hand corner of the field where there is a ‘hidden’ stile.

28. Step 28

    Cross this stile and follow the enclosed path, which rises after a while and continues to follow the fence of a very large garden on the right. Do not cross the stile into the garden, but carry on to metalled drive.

29. Step 29

    Turn left along the drive and after it turns to gravel, it drops down. About half way down look out for a stile/gate on the left, opposite a telegraph pole.

30. Step 30

    Cross the stile and go straight up the hill, to where there is a gap with tall hedges on left and right.

31. Step 31

    Go through the left-hand tall hedge at its 'corner' and then keep straight on, with a hedge now on your right.

32. Step 32

    You will see a small row of conifers on the hill ahead and the war memorial quickly comes into view.

33. Step 33

    Keep the hedge on your right and aim for the ‘pass’ at right-hand bottom of the war memorial hill.

34. Step 34

    Carry on the farm track with timber cattle pens on your left.

35. Step 35

    To visit the memorial, with outstanding 360 degree views, go left up the hill.

36. Step 36

    If not, carry along the farm track, with the hedge on your right.

37. Step 37

    The track becomes more distinct and carries on downhill, through a tree avenue and then through a gate.

38. Step 38

    Follow the track down through woodland for about 400 metres to gate onto a small lane.

39. Step 39

    Turn right along the lane to descend into Montgomery town square. At the end of square, by Ivy House cafe, turn right back to the car park.