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Wilcott Castle Mound

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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Wilcott Castle Mound preserves the earthworks of a former motte-and-bailey castle in Shropshire. It is one of 40 motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. The closest station is Shrewsbury, 12.7 km to the south-east. Other castles nearby include Shrawardine castle, Ruyton-XI-Towns castle and Alberbury Castle.

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More places to visit near Wilcott Castle Mound

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.

here · Shropshire & Wrexham

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 SW · spans 5 counties

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

Melverley

Village

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

5 km SW · Shropshire

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

10.3 km W · spans 8 counties

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

12.4 km S

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.

12.8 km E