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Little Shrawardine motte

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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A motte-and-bailey castle once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Shropshire. The Albion Guide maps 40 motte-and-bailey castles in the county; this is one of them. The nearest railway station is Shrewsbury, 10.4 km to the east. Shrawardine castle and Alberbury Castle are among the castles within 3.5 km.

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Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

0.5 km NE · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Shropshire Way, a 182-mile long-distance path in England and Wales.

Shropshire Way

Long-distance path

A figure-of-eight on Shrewsbury through the Shropshire hills, with the Wrekin, the Stiperstones and Wenlock Edge all on the round.

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Photo of Melverley, a village in Shropshire, central England.

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Village

Remote hamlet by the Welsh border where the Vyrnwy meets the Severn, famous for its all-timber medieval church.

6 km W · Shropshire

Photo of the Shropshire Hills, a National Landscape in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shropshire Hills

National Landscape near Little Stretton

Heather ridges and rocky tops rising over the Welsh border, from the Long Mynd's plateau to the Wrekin's landmark cone

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Photo of Earl's Hill, a nature reserve near Pontesbury, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

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Nature reserve near Pontesbury

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Photo of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, a visitor attraction in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings

Attraction near Shrewsbury

Ditherington Flax Mill, built 1796–1800, the world's first iron-framed building and so an ancestor of the skyscraper, later a maltings and now restored.

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