Overview

This is a trip for a disabled person, it’s nearly all sitting in car and admiring Englands beautiful countryside. Having just departed from Ludlow (Do please read review of Ludlow) we made that our starting point for this truly beautiful scenic drive, and strongly advise you to now follow our detailed directions, with the aid of your sat NAV, and you will throughly enjoy this two hour and more drive. Do chose a bright sunny day if you can, so as not to miss the far off scenes as you drive along, but bear in mind, you are on narrow country lanes, but be brave and go for it, you will not regret having taken your time and done the trip. First of all, we will tell you a little about the LONGMYND, (Long mountain) which is a beautiful and picturesque moorland plateau of valleys tucked below high heather clad peaks. We don’t actually take you over the wild moorland, to start with, but we follow around it on narrow country lanes, delightful. You may see wild horses and lots of sheep, and ideal for bird watchers, (when we stopped to take photos the whole air was full of chatting little bird calls ). Covering some 4942 acres it is indeed a lovely place to visit, with delightful far off views, the area is some 7 miles long by 3 miles wide, and we will do a complete circle of the area. The land belongs to the national trust, although commoners have the right to graze their livestock here. It has good walking paths, cycling and horse riding tracks, however, disabled are limited on what they can do, just enjoy the ride itself, with our one or two stopping places, and if you have your dog along with you, please keep it on a lead, because of all the wildlife, including nesting birds. FOR THIS DELIGHTFUL CAR DRIVE we have suggested a route for you to follow, starting from Ludlow, and it’s main car park of Castle Square. It is about a 30 minute ride to our first SAT NAV point of call, so before leaving Ludlow, set your sat NAV for SY7 8BH. Follow this route through Craven Arms, it’s about 8 miles from Ludlow, and on the A49, drive through Craven Arms to TURN LEFT about a mile later, on the A489 Newtown and A490 Welshpool signs. Drive 4 miles, before you need to TURN RIGHT on a narrow country lane, unsigned, but your sat NAV should direct you to this turn anyway. Just keep your eyes open for this little turning. As you drive along this narrow lane, look for the lovely views available for photos, ( our photos 1, 2, 3). Now drive a further 2.7 miles to the delightful hamlet of Asterton (photo 4) Here you need to SET SAT NAV to SY5 0LZ Stiperstone. We noticed our sat NAV found it difficult in places to tell us which way to turn, so if arriving at a junction, enlarge your map to check carefully which way to turn, as no signposts pointing the way for you. Beautiful scenic views as we headed towards Stiperstone (photos 5 and 6) and then up on the ridge you can just see Nipstone Rock (photo 7) before we made our way into the lovely village and scenic Stiperstone (8). Then we suggest a roundabout drive up to SAT NAV SY5 0BA Minsterley Before heading back to the other side of Stiperstone, SAT NAV. SY5 0TP Habberley and down to pretty BRIDGES SAT NAV SY5 0ST with its Inn and riverside rest area. Our (photos 9, 10, 11 and 12) shows the lovely little hidden spot, well worth a stop. Then we need to head towards Church Stretton, so set SAT NAV. SY6 6JF. so when you leave the carpark EXIT at Bridges, just TURN LEFT and immediately TURN RIGHT. Drive a few hundred yards to the junction, and follow the road left on the bend at a junction, signed for RATLINGHOPE CHURCH / CHURCH STRETTON. Drive 3/4 mile to the first turning on right, and TURN RIGHT on BELMORE / CHURCH STRETTON SIGN. This route will now take you across open Moorland views. Then drive 4 miles into Church Stretton. YOUR SAT NAV SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ROUTE ANYWAY, but just in case at least you have our directions to follow. IF YOUR SAT NAV SHOWS DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, we suggest you follow our directions so as to get the best views. Church Stretton is a nice enough little town, but not a lot there really, but it will offer you a chance to stretch your legs after this very enjoyable scenic trip, do try it out. (photo 13) shows setting Church Stretton sits in, and a car park is available (14) close to Main Street of town, (15) but as we said, not a lot there. We then moved around to head for CARDIN MILL VALLEY, and passed a delightful little home (photo 16) as we headed up to the main car park, but told the parking charge was £5.00 but to be honest with you, it’s not worth it, there’s nothing a disabled person can do anyway, it’s just a very lovely scenic area, but there is nothing you can do, so save your money is what we suggest. If you need toilets, find them in Church Stretton, why waste £5.00. RIGHT, SO WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR SUGGESTED TRIP, THE SCENERY IS INDEED WORTH THE TRIP, AND WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE JOURNEY TO YOU.

Transport & Parking

Not much we can say, the journey is along country lanes, no toilets in sight. The Inn at Bridges has toilets of course, but we had no use for them, and the only other place you may need them would be at Church Stretton, and these are only basic public toilets.

Access

This is an ideal trip for disabled person, you just sit and enjoy scenic views.

Toilets

Staff

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