Snailbeach and The Stiperstones–women only

Event Details

  • Start Date Saturday, 22nd of April 2017
  • End Date Saturday, 22nd of April 2017
  • Start/End Time 00:00 - 00:00
  • Near Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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THIS IS PART OF THE WOMEN ONLY WEEKEND

This 8 to 8.5 mile moderate walk will start from Snailbeach, a village which was built for workers at the local lead mine - Snailbeach Mine, which reputedly dates back to Roman times.

The mine has some of the best preserved surface buildings of a lead mine left standing in Britain including a Cornish Engine House.

We will explore the buildings and we start the walk proper with an uphill moderate/strenuous section for about 45 minutes but we can take our time and will be rewarded very soon with some fabulous views over the nearby numerous Shropshire Hills.The terrain is steps or grassy surfaces.

We then get onto an easy level track and start to see the Stiperstones, starting with Shepherd's Rock.

The Stiperstones is a distinctive hill in the county of Shropshire, England.

It is an impressive an quite dramatic quartzite ridge formed some 480 million years ago.

During the last Ice Age the summit stood out above the glaciers and was subject to constant freezing and thawing which shattered the quartzite into a mass of jumbled scree surrounding several residual rocky tors.

This is level walking but the ground is rocky and uneven and needs some concentration.

We come to the Devil's Chair and Manstone Rock which is the highest and topped by a trig point.

We then take a 180 degree turn and walk back along an easy level path with greenery and peat underfoot which can be wet and boggy at times.

We pass a plantation now being restored to heathland and continue on, making our way back to Shepherd's Rock and back down to Snailbeach village.

Please bring a packed lunch.

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