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A SUMMER OF SPECIAL EVENTS TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF WALKING IN SHROPSHIRE
This summer there is more than
the usual number of events for the walker/rambler in Shropshire. It all
begins on Wednesday June 4th,
when Church Stretton officially becomes a ‘Walkers are Welcome’ town. The launch ceremony will take
place at Church Stretton Station at 10.30 a.m. when Kate Ashbrook, the
Chairman of the Ramblers’ Association, will do the honours. A series
of 4 printed guided walks should be available on the day. The next 4 days
are taken up with the Church Stretton Walking Festival, these are all walks
between 8 and 13 miles, reasonably strenuous, costing £6 a person, and need
to be booked in advance via the Walking Festival web-site.
The next special event is the Ramblers’ Association Shropshire
Area Rally on Sunday 29th June, when two walks are
available, 11 miles from Welshampton Village Hall at 10 a.m. and 5 miles
from Colemere Country Park at 11.a.m., both walks will meet in Ellesmere
for the lunch stop. Then in July there will be a whole series of walks
organised by individuals and groups from all round Shropshire to celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of the publication of the Definitive Map of Shropshire
rights-of-way.
14 – 25th July an
exhibition of maps and photos describing how the Definitive
Map for Shropshire was drawn up:
Gallery,
Shirehall, Shrewsbury.
Admission
– free
For opening
hours ring 01743 255068
Finally there will be a fortnight of walks in south Shropshire starting on Monday 14th
July and running to Friday 25th July during which the whole of the
revamped southern section of the Shropshire Way will be walked in consecutive
sections, led by members of the R.A. and open to any member of the public.
These lead up to the official opening on Saturday 26th July,
attendance at which is by invitation only.
4 separate walks will converge on the Secret Hills Discovery Centre,
where the southern section of the Shropshire Way will be declared officially open by a
celebrity, believed to be Kate Ashbrook again! A celebratory party will
follow in the evening.
For further
information:
www.shropshire.gov.uk/countryside.nsf
www.shropshirewalking.co.uk
www.discovershropshire.org.uk
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