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Caer Caradoc

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

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

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Caer Caradoc is a hillfort in Shropshire. It is one of 21 hillforts the Albion Guide maps in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape.

Knighton Station is 3.9 km away to the south-west. Recumbent standing stone and Bury Ditches are among the ancient sites within 8.1 km.

More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Caer Caradoc

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

Shropshire Hills

You’re inside itNational 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

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.

3.4 km SW · spans 8 counties

Photo along the Glyndŵr's Way, a 135-mile National Trail running from Knighton to Welshpool, mid Wales.Highlight

Glyndŵr's Way

National Trail

A long horseshoe through the empty hills of mid-Wales, from Knighton to Welshpool by way of Machynlleth.

4.2 km SW · Powys

Photo of Clun, a village in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Clun

Village

Sleepy Marches town on the River Clun with a ruined castle and a five-arched packhorse bridge, one of Housman's quietest places under the sun.

5.2 km N · Shropshire

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.

5.3 km N · Shropshire & Wrexham

Photo of Old Downton Lodge, a restaurant near Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire, central England.Highlight

Old Downton Lodge

Restaurant · With rooms near Downton on the Rock

A Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in a cluster of historic farm buildings near Ludlow.

11.9 km E