SHROPSHIRE HILLS Cefn Gunthly & Heath Mynd, nr Bishop's Castle
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Two very Welsh-sounding names, for two very English hills. To be fair they are right up against the Welsh border and Shropshire has plenty of other Welsh-sounding hills and hamlets. Rarely visited, you are most likely to notice Heath Mynd from passing northwards along the road from Bishop’s Castle
They are both easily assailed together in an morning or afternoon, and you might as well take a map with you as there is so much to see. A picnic would be useful on a lovely day too
Corndon Hill is very noticeable lying to the west - likewise the Kerry Ridgeway to the S/SW. Black Rhadley, lesser known hill, lies to the north. From Heath Mynd you can pick out the Stiperstones very easily. Again from Heath Mynd, the nearby Linley Hill lies to the east, with its procession of beech trees climbing the hill - beyond it the Long Mynd
For exploration, I would suggest the best route would be to park at the southern edge of the hills, move nothwrds between the two and climb Cefn Gunthley from the north. Then, after making your way to the northern edge of Heath Mynd, pick out a path to its summit. An attractive cluster of tree can be found to the SE of this same hill
For map of this suggested route see:
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For road users, should the lane off the Bishop’s Castle road be muddy beyond the first farm building, then you may find the farmer can be VERY rude. You can either tell him to get stuffed, or point out that it’s a public road and there is PLENTY of room - he can’t really do anything for fear of somebody damaging his farm, not that you would of course
- Tony
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Nice one Swifty. Always peaceful. Always beautifully shot. Thank you.
Thanks for that!
Alas, no drone footage though - I'll leave that for you to do
- Tony
Beautiful shropshire hills,thanks swifty :-)
Thanks Jason - they all look better with a bit of sunlight on them, but they are glorious
- Tony
Great video chap, capturing some amazing scenery of our Shropshire hills. I do alot on the Shropshire hills myself. Thank you for sharing. ATB Dave 👍
Ta Dave! I always noticed and avoided these hills and because of the lack of public footpaths. Its only when looking at one of the larger scale OS maps I realised it comes under Open Access (?) - wish there was far more of this type of access, as in Scotland
- Tony
@@swiftymorgan5064 if it's a biegey colour on a 1:25k OS map then it's open access 👍 some great places to explore, have you seen the ruined buildings at the base of the longmynd on the east side?
@@DaveOutdoors Hi again. I don't think I have, but there's a lot of it to explore. Derelict buildings are bemusing, but generally Church Stretton area is considered prime estate for retirees etc
@@swiftymorgan5064 it's out the way, if you ever fancy checking it out, grid reference SO447 936
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@@DaveOutdoors Thanks! Just had a look on the map. I must have been within 100-200 yards N of it before heading uphill towards Ashlet . Will lookout for it next time