Lea Quarry Walk, Wenlock Edge · Avandra

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Lea Quarry Walk, Wenlock Edge

Loop Walk · Shropshire

150

XP

about 36 min walking

Easy

2.75 km

Loop

01:00

Graded from its length and climb.

Get a feel for the scale of Wenlock Edge's industrial past on this steep woodland walk. This trail has steps, steep climbs and uneven terrain in places.

306 m

256 m

206 m

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Rolling walk

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

34 m

Drop

36 m

Highest

262 m

Lowest

221 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

How the 2.8 km splits

Flat

1.0 km

Climbing

0.9 km

Descending

0.8 km

Link it with other walks

Jack Mytton Way

Shares 0.9 km of path · meets at km 1.4, 2.4

150.25 km

Shropshire Way

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.7, 2.6

385.12 km

Lime Kiln Walk, Wenlock Edge

Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.7

1.15 km

Campsites near the start

Lower Hill Campsite

0.3 km from the start · 4.8★ (240)

Presthorpe Grange Campsite

0.5 km from the start · 5.0★ (1)

Parkers Patch

2.2 km from the start · 4.4★ (5)

Oakfield Farm

2.5 km from the start · 5.0★ (1)