Dog Friendly Walks in Shropshire

A Long Mynd valley walk climbing onto the open upland plateau above Church Stretton, with wide moorland views at the top.

A Shropshire classic along a quartzite ridge with dramatic rocky outcrops, wild moorland and legends of the Wild Hunt.

A full Long Mynd traverse over the open moorland plateau with Shropshire's most dramatic views and proper wild walking.

A National Trust estate walk through parkland and river meadows, with deer and the Palladian mansion as landmarks.

A short woodland loop where dogs get some off lead time over Grinshill's sandstone ridge, past the quarry that built Shrewsbury's bridges, to a big Shropshire Hills viewpoint.

The longest waymarked trail on Haughmond Hill, a wooded Forestry England hill above Shrewsbury where dogs run free off lead past an Iron Age enclosure and quarry viewpoint.

A walk through the UNESCO World Heritage Ironbridge Gorge combining industrial heritage, riverside paths and woodland.

A loop where dogs get some off lead time on Lyth Hill south of Shrewsbury, along the old rope walk and through Spring Coppice to a hilltop viewpoint.

A long forest walk through Mortimer Forest on the Shropshire-Herefordshire border with views to the Welsh hills.

A short, lively loop where dogs run free off lead over Nesscliffe Hill, through an Iron Age hillfort to Oliver's Point and Humphrey Kynaston's sandstone cave.

An easy figure of eight where dogs roam off lead around an 18th century hilltop racecourse above Oswestry, with grandstand ruins and views over England and Wales.

A riverside loop following the Severn around Shrewsbury's historic loop, mixing town views with meadow stretches.

Shropshire's best loved hill, dogs off lead on quiet forest paths around the base, climbing through Iron Age gates to a 407m summit view across counties.

A walk along the famous limestone escarpment of Wenlock Edge through ancient woodland, with dappled light and historic views.

A short, steep climb for dogs on a lead onto the rocky whaleback of Caer Caradoc, crowned by an Iron Age hillfort with huge Shropshire views.

A classic Shropshire Way circuit where dogs get great off lead time in the conifer forest below Bury Ditches, one of England's best preserved Iron Age hillforts.

An easy, flat loop for dogs on a lead around Cole Mere, one of north Shropshire's glacial meres, through old woodland and along the Llangollen Canal towpath.

A short, steep climb for dogs on a lead from Mitchell's Fold stone circle to the dolerite summit of Corndon Hill, with panoramic Shropshire and Welsh hill views.

A varied circuit for dogs on a lead from Pontesbury around Earl's Hill and its Iron Age fort, through Pontesford Hill woods and Happy Valley.

A flat walk for dogs on a lead across a lowland wetland on the Shropshire and Wales border, past boardwalks and a viewing tower to the Llangollen Canal.

A border-hopping circuit where dogs get some off lead freedom past a Victorian Hoffmann kiln and limestone quarry cliffs, returning along Offa's Dyke and the Montgomery Canal.

A big day out for a fit dog on a lead, climbing a quarry incline on Titterstone Clee to a 533m summit with a hillfort and radar domes.

A canal and waterway walk near Whitchurch with calm towpath stretches, waterside wildlife and a relaxed atmosphere throughout.