Local Area Information

• Bishop's Castle, Montgomery and Clun are picturesque small towns with lovely cafes and pubs
• Shrewsbury is great for shopping and is a pretty medieval/Tudor town, as is Ludlow
• Fantastic Norman castles at Montgomery, Clun and Ludlow
• The old Welsh castle, Dolforwyn, a ruin unearthed by archaeolgists in the 1990s, is worth a visit
• Powis Castle is a National Trust property wth lovely gardens
• Mitchell's Fold stone circle near Church Stoke is atmospheric
• Further afield are the Welsh coast and Snowdonia. Dolgellau is 75 minutes away as is the beach at Aberdyfi

Upper Castlewright Cottage is also a hiker's paradise.

• Local OS map in cottage
• The Kerry Ridgeway is lovely to walk along. This is the ancient lane the cottage sits on
• Offa's Dyke path runs north-south, just 400 yards west of the cottage. Nice to walk either direction
• Corndon Hill, the Stiperstones and Long Mynd are all nearby