{"id":72,"date":"2021-10-19T09:52:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T07:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=33302"},"modified":"2021-10-19T13:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:25:14","slug":"walk-caer-caradoc-hill-shropshire","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/walk-caer-caradoc-hill-shropshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk: Caer Caradoc Hill, Shropshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Daniel Graham\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 19 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Numerous walking routes\u00a0emanate\u00a0from the pretty Shropshire town of Church Stretton, making it a great base from which to explore the surrounding hills and woodlands.<\/p>\n<p>This moderate-level ramble takes you from the train station to the summit of Caer Caradoc and its ancient hill fort \u2013 thought to date from either the Iron Age or Late Bronze Age. It\u2019s a stiff climb to the top, but one worth the effort for the spectacular views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/Church20Stretton-8189ba5.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C196,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/Church20Stretton-8189ba5.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C196,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/Church20Stretton-8189ba5.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C232,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/09\/Church20Stretton-8189ba5.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C405&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Church\" stretton=\"\" shropshire=\"\" title=\"&quot;Church\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Explore the pretty town of Church Stretton\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p>Related articles<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/best-walks-in-shropshire\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Best walks in Shropshire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/linley-beeches-shropshire\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Walk: Linley Beaches, Shropshire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/top-10-easy-mountains-for-beginners\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Best hills for beginners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;highlight__image-container&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;highlight__image&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;img-container\" img-container--highlight-image=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/12\/Shropshire-Beeches-%C2%A9Shropshire-and-Beyond-230dba7.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=556,556&quot;\" srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/12\/Shropshire-Beeches-\u00a9Shropshire-and-Beyond-230dba7.jpg?quality=45&amp;resize=820,820\" https:=\"\" sizes=\"&quot;(min-width:\" calc=\"\" width=\"&quot;556&quot;\" height=\"&quot;556&quot;\" class=\"&quot;img-container__image\" img-fluid=\"\" wp-image-33263=\"\" alignnone=\"\" size-highlight_image=\"\" img-container__image=\"\" alt=\"&quot;Shropshire\" beeches=\"\" title=\"&quot;Shropshire\" data-source-name=\"&quot;Shropshire\" and=\"\" beyond=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\">Shropshire and Beyond<\/figcaption><\/div><\/div> <\/div> <\/section><h2 class=\"&quot;heading-1\" template-article__title=\"\">Caer Caradoc Hill walk<\/h2>\n<p><em>7.2km\/4.5 miles |\u00a02.5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Station start<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leave the train station towards the town centre, turning sharp right back over the train line on the town bridge. Cross straight over the main road along Stanford Avenue, turning left shortly after on to Watling Street North. Stay on this for about 250m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Low lanes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turn right and climb uphill alongside a sunken lane, following the tree-lined field boundary to the left. Pass two farm reservoirs and enter forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Upwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After about 100m a steep path veers off to the left. Take this and climb carefully up the side of the hill, ignoring side-paths. Before you know it you\u2019ll have reached the top, Three Fingers Rock. This unusual tor offers an ideal vantage point from which to absorb the surrounding countryside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Ridge ramble<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From here, follow the Caer Caradoc Hill ridgeline north-east, dropping down to the right of the Caer Caradoc fort on the main track, eventually meeting a stile and a gravel-and-mud roadway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Home straight<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now simply a matter of following the bike-friendly track south-west for about 1km back to the base of the hill where you begun your climb. Retrace your steps back to the station.<\/p>\n<hr\/><h2 class=\"&quot;heading-1\" template-article__title=\"\">Caer Caradoc Hill map<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/explore.osmaps.com\/en\/route\/2738571\/BBC-Countryfile-Magazine-Caer-Caradoc-Hill-Shropshire&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Caer Caradoc Hill walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/explore.osmaps.com\/en\/route\/2738571\/BBC-Countryfile-Magazine-Caer-Caradoc-Hill-Shropshire&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\"><div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-10-at-16.17.50-a34bb0e.png?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=227%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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