Trigpoints #56 to 58 – More walking on the Wenlock Edge

Date posted: Sep 23, 2021

It was a lovely day so we thought we would head back down to the Wenlock Edge and visit a few more trigpoints there. We started off about 10 o’clock and headed for Craven Arms on the A49. The traffic was light and we were there an hour later.

Thursday 23rd September

Trigpoint #56 – Wart Hill.

Just as we entered Craven Arms we turned right along Long Lane. The road crossed the level crossing and headed uphill. After about 2 miles there was a small ‘pull-in’ where we parked the car. We then walked across the road to a gateway and kissing gate. Going through we entered the Warthill Plantation.

There was a fork in the path. Both seemed to go to the top of Wart Hill so we took the left path. This went up quite steeply but in a very short time we reached the top of the hill.

The trigpoint was nestled under a pine tree and when looking in a southerly direction the views were lovely. All other directions were obscured by trees and there was little to see.

We took Triggy from the rucksack and took the standard pictures… views, trigpoint itself and the baseplate as proof we’ve been there. We then headed down the hill via an alternative path to the car. Then headed off to another trigpoint.

Flush Bracket: S5425

Wart Hill view South

Looking South from Wart Hill

Steve & Triggy at the Wart Hill trigpoint

Not much of a view North from Wart Hill

Signpost on track at Wart Hill

Trigpoint #57 – Little London.

We retraced the route to Craven Arms and then took the B4368 towards Much Wenlock. After about six miles we turned left beside the Swan Inn. We then headed up the hill along a very narrow lane for nearly a mile till the road turned sharp right. We parked the car there and continued on foot.

We walked along the track towards Little London Farm and after a short distance turned left along a footpath. As the path forked right we had to leave the path and make our way along the edge of a field till we reached the trigpoint.

This trigpoint was looking very forlorn. It was partly hidden in a hawthorn and bramble hedge and needed a little work to be able to see it properly. The views were great though. In the distance across the valley we could see Brown Clee and Titterstone Clee which we visited when we did our trip to Ludllow in June (see trigpoints 40 & 45)

We took some great pictures of the views and then made our way back to the car and thought we would have a bite to eat in a pub and then on to the third trigpoint.

It proved quite difficult to find a pub that was open and serving food and eventually ended back in Craven Arms. The food was OK but nothing really great.

Christine at Little London trigpoint

Brown Clee from Little London

Titterstone Clee from Little London

Looking East across the valley

Flush Bracket: S5428

Trigpoint #58 – Mogg Forest.

This trigpoint was reached by heading back up the A49 till we reached Church Stretton and then turning right along the B4371. After a several miles we turned right along a track and parked the car. We then walked up the track till we reached the base of the Mogg Forest.

We took the right fork and up a gentle slope along a bridleway to the edge of a field. We crossed a barrier into the field and double-backed along the field to reach the trigpoint. This was also buried in a hedge which contained nettles. We didn’t try to clear these as they sting.

The views were similar to those of Little London as we were still on the Wenlock Edge but even so were lovely to see and photograph. When we were finished at the trigpoint we continued along the edge of the field. We soon came across a path which headed back down the hill, through Mogg Forest and back to the car. We then headed home.