Countryside Heritage Sites

Shropshire is a beautiful county with some stunning countryside, much of which is protected through nationally and internationally recognised landscape, wildlife and heritage designations.

Within this landscape the Countryside Service manages 16 Countryside Heritage Sites which include a range of natural habitats and industrial heritage. All the sites are managed for nature conservation, cultural heritage and recreational opportunities.

There is no charge to visit any of our sites and they are open all year round. All of these sites have open access on foot and many have bridleways running across them providing routes for use on horse and bicycle. We hope that you will take time to visit and enjoy Shropshire’s countryside and heritage.

There are links on this page to further information about each of our Countryside Heritage Sites.

To see a map of where the sites are click on the 'map of Shropshire showing location of sites' link, or use the Shropmap community and leisure information link.

If you would like to become a Volunteer Ranger on one or more of our sites or you are interested in volunteering with the Ranger Service select the link to 'Ranger Service'.

'Discover Shropshire' events leaflet
The 2008 guide to events, walks, talks and other activities provided by Learning and Cultural Services at Shropshire County Council is available to download.

Family Friendly Walks

These bold and colourful walk guides are specially designed to appeal to families with young children. They are informative and fun with maps and written directions to help you find your way. Most of the routes are circular and vary in distance from 1 to 3 miles. They start from countryside sites that have parking and many of the routes are pushchair friendly.

Some of the sites are open access land, which means that you can walk freely and don’t have to stick to the rights of way network, so look out for the brown man symbol. (add open access land waymark)

These guides will soon be available from Visitor Information Centres and for further information or to obtain a download version please visit the circular routes pages on this website now.