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Welcome to Whitchurch Walkers Walking in and around Whitchurch Shropshire - a Walkers are Welcome town Walks programme Local routes Footpaths & P3 News Facebook About us Membership Contact Walking Festival Walkers are Welcome
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| Friday 8th May |
Saturday 9th May |
Sunday 10th May |
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walks must be booked in advance by Wednesday 6th May.
Thanks to generous support from Whitchurch Town Council we have been able to subsidise many of the walks. The 3 Canal Boat Walks are £8/7 each and £5 for under 18s. For other walks, under 18s go FREE.  Click here to book
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Registration for the start of walks is at The Archibald Worthington Club except where otherwise indicated. The times shown are departure times. You should register in the 10-15 minutes before that. If you are not sure where a start point is click here for a map. |
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| Day walks - packed lunch and a drink required unless a lunch is included as part of the walk
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| 08.20 |
Sa D1 Canal Boat 1: Lyneal Wharf, Ellesmere & Oteley Dot Bishop 6 miles, 7h £8 (£5 child) |
Minibus
to Lyneal Wharf. At 09.00 our narrowboat sets
off and drops walkers off near Ellesmere. Walk around Mere Crimps
Farm to Oteley [cafe, farm shop & gardens]. There is a
kitchen and toilet on the boat.
Minibus back to Whitchurch. A packed lunch and drink will be required for the walk. No dogs. Register at 08:05am. 
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Sa D2 Pontcycsyllte &Ty Mawr Country Park Janet Murray 7 miles £5 |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Trevor Hall & Llangollen Canal. Minibus both ways A packed lunch and drink will be required |
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FULL Reserve list only |
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Sa D3 Canal Boat 2: Bronington & Fenn's Moss to Hampton Bank Lynn Shimwell 6.5 miles 7h £7 (£5 child) + bus fare or pass |
Explore Fenn's,
Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses by walking across the mysterious
mosses from Wales to England, returning by canal boat and minibus. We catch the 09.45 service bus 146 to Bronington from bus station [byTesco]. From there we walk via Bronington Church and Fenn's Whixall Moss to the disabled mooring point near the Prees Canal junction.We board the canal boat, and are dropped off at Hampton Bank around 16.00 from where we catch the minibus back to Whitchurch. There is a kitchen and toilet on the boat. Please bring packed lunch and drink with you. Only Shropshire or Welsh bus passes accepted on this service into Wales. |
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| 10.20 | SaD4 Canal Boat 3: Ellesmere to Bettisfield & Colemere Malcolm Monie 6 miles / 5½h £8 (£5 child) | We
take the minibus at 10.20 to the car park by the Ellesmere tunnel. At
around 11.00 the narrowboat will pick us up and
takes us to Bettisfield [just over 1 hour]. There is a kitchen and toilet on the boat. We will then walk via the Bettisfield Pilgrim Church [lunch & toilet stop] and your leader hopes to show you the basics of church bell ringing. The walk will continue via Breaden Heath and then take the path between Welshampton and Clarepool Moss. Finally we will head to Colemere walking through the mere-side woods before looking at Colemere Vineyard and the award-winning churchyard,. Minibus pickup at 15.30. Please bring a packed lunch and a drink with you. |  | |
| 10.30 |
SaD5 Northwood & Bettisfield Tony Eccleston 5.5miles £5 |
Circular
walk from Northwood Chapel to Bettisfield passing both the corn
mill and the original windmill, Cadney and Wem Mosses, return to
Northwood. Minibus both ways. Please bring a packed lunch and a drink with you. |
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| 13.15 |
SaA1 South & West Circular Jenny & John Wilson 6.5miles £3 |
The walk will follow parts of the Shropshire Way and Whitchurch Wheel.. The route will go via Brown Moss, Dearnford [deer farm] and Alkington Hall [pictured] to Belton. Bring a drink and snack. |
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| 13.30 | Sa A2 Once more unto the Breach.. Keith Bate 4 miles 3h £3 |
Walk to Whitchurch Arm to view the canal breach and hear about the repair work from Simon Harding of the Canals & Rivers Trust. Canal walk to Blackoe Cottages & back via Belton. Bring a drink and a snack if desired. |  | 5 |
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| 19.30 to 22.30 |
Ceilidh with Jigsmith at The Brownlow Centre 3.5 hours £10 (£5 child) |
Come along to the Brownlow Centre where Jigsmith will be playing and calling the Cellidh. Doors open at 19.00. There will be a raffle and a delicious lamb or vegetable hotpot to eat (included in the price). A bar (including real ale).will be available for you to buy drinks. Please note - cash only [nearest cashpoint Sainsbury's]. |
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Please book online by clicking here
The pictures here are taken from previous festivals and do not necessarily reflect what we can offer this year!
