Welcome to the Shropshire Countryside

Shropshire County Council's Countryside Service
These pages will tell you about Shropshire County Council's Countryside Service and what it does. Find out about things you can do, places you can visit in Shropshire’s countryside and how you can get involved. You can also find out more about Shropshire’s public rights of way network, provide us with feedback on what you find and get advice on access and conservation management issues.

The Shropshire County Council's Countryside Service aims to work with Shropshire’s people to provide a better landscape and environment and new opportunities for walking, horseriding and other recreational activities. We do this by managing 16 Countryside Heritage Sites, 5,500 kilometres of public rights of way, working with and supporting local communities and much, much more.

Countryside Access Strategy for Shropshire
The draft strategy has been produced following on from widespread consultation with local residents, visitors and others. The strategy looks at the existing countryside access network in the County, and outlines improvements to modernise the network and to make the countryside a more welcoming and accessible place for everyone. The final version of this document will be published and available by June 2008.

To find out more about the work undertaken by the Countryside Access Team during the last year open the link on this page for the Countryside Access Team Annual Report 20007-08.