Shropshire's Great Outdoors

Cleobury Country Walk 21: Dinmore Dally

A moderate 5 mile circular walk from Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club or St Marys church

A walk to the North East of Cleobury Mortimer exploring the small hamlet of Neen Savage with ancient church and picturesque ford before climbing to high ground at Dinmore with wonderful views over the Clee hills.

You can begin this walk either at St Mary’s Church or Cleobury Mortimer Golf Club with just one long but gentle climb exploring the small hamlet of Neen Savage with ancient church and picturesque ford before climbing to high ground at Dinmore with wonderful views over the Clee hills.

An alternative (mainly off-road) route is possible to shorten the route by 1 mile or provide a short walk of 2½ miles (4km) from Cleobury Mortimer golf course.

This walk goes to Cleobury Mortimer golf club where it may be possible to stop for a meal or drink. It is open to non-members.

For more details on this and other walks in Cleobury Mortimer please visit the Cleobury Mortimer Footpath Association website.

 

Walk directions

  1. Start

    Take the path north between Church and Market Hall (Visitor Information). Continue along narrow section to road. Go straight across, uphill and continue to crossroads. Go straight across passing junior school on left and through kissing gate into field.

  2. Step 2

    Veer right downhill. At bottom go down steps, over footbridge, then right uphill to Cleanly Seat Farm. Continue down the farm track (not over stile into field) to a road.

  3. Step 3

    Go left along road and where it turns left uphill, go straight on alongside river and over footbridge. Turn left along track with River on your left. Continue for some distance until track meets a road. Turn left.

  4. Step 4

    Pass Neen Savage Church and continue downhill to a ford of the River Rea. Continue along road another 100 metres and take footpath on the right up the drive of a private house NEEN SAVAGE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.

  5. Step 5

    Pass house and continue through gate into paddock. At far end, go over stile through woodland to a stile then footbridge into field. Go left uphill along field edge to go over stile at top onto line of old DITTON PRIORS RAILWAY.

  6. Step 6

    Go over another stile and in same direction across field. Go through a farm gate and across another field to road Cross road and enter field.

  7. Step 7

    Continue in same direction (to right of farm building) with hedge on the left, through a gate and eventually to another road. As you climb, take time to look back at the wonderful views opening up behind.

  8. Step 8

    Cross this busy road with care and go straight ahead down farm track. Follow track around right bend and through gate. Where it bends left, turn right off the track to follow narrow path through trees to go over a stile on the right.

  9. Step 9

    Turn left along field edge to a fingerpost where two footpaths diverge. Take leftmost path through line of trees and diagonally right across field to gate in hedgerow. Cross field slightly left and over stile ahead. Follow path with hedges on either side to road (golf course access road).

    If starting from the golf course or stopping for refreshments, cross road and continue through trees. To restart the walk, retrace steps to this point.

  10. Step 10

    Take the path through trees with fence line on right to road (this runs parallel to golf course access road away from the golf course). Cross (busy) road and through gate opposite. Follow path to gate where turn left and immediately through another gate.

  11. Step 11

    Go right to follow field edge downhill, down into dip and through kissing gate out on to the main A4117. Cross this road with care and go right along the pavement and follow the A4117 into Cleobury Mortimer and back to the church.

Walk Leaflet

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