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Outdoor scenery near me6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s another beautiful place for exploration in the Shropshire Hills that’s a must-visit for all who love a scenic view and a stroll among nature. Home to Carding Mill Valley and Long Mynd. ![]() Within a 40-minute drive from the Wrekin, you’ll find the picturesque and historical market town of Church Stretton. They’ve made so many other hiking friends doing this as it attracts others with the same interests, they’re great talking points and gift ideas too. They are passionate hikers so after achieving each new hike they like to collect custom pin badges to represent their favourite hiking places and wear them on their clothing and accessories. I have friends who have been at the top during sunset and sunrise and the photos are incredible. But will opt for going during the week when it's less busy. However, I’ll undoubtedly be visiting again this spring or early summer. We visited on one of the hottest days at the weekend, so it was extremely busy, and the heat made it a bit more strenuous. This popular landmark is the perfect place to experience country walking trails.ĭepending on your fitness level and which route you take I’d say it’s a moderate hike and it can take up to an hour to walk to the top with beautiful sights to see along the way. It has an elevation of 1335 feet so it offers sweeping vistas of the surrounding landscape. The Wrekin is a mountain peak located in Shropshire, just five miles from the well-known Ironbridge in Telford. Watch my Malvern Hills experience video if you want to see more. To complete the day, we strolled the streets of Great Malvern and admired the stunning architecture of The Abbey Hotel and the oldest church in Malvern, the Malvern Priory. If you were to explore the entirety of the Malvern, you would find 22 hills. The Beacon is the highest point of the range with an elevation of 1,394 ft. ![]() We stopped for a break once we made it to the first hill and then continued walking while taking lots of scenic photos along the way until we reached the Worcestershire Beacon. We had no plans or map, we simply let our feet follow the views. When we visited last summer, we paid to park at one of the many car parks surrounding Malvern. Perfect for walking, enjoying a picnic, biking, and nature photography. It’s a lovely natural landscape made up of hills, woodlands, and fields. This popular hiking destination is in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and a little bit of northern Gloucestershire. The Malvern Hills also known as the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a national reserve with picturesque views to be experienced from a range of summit peaks. Here are my top-rated places to go walking throughout the year. I’ll be adding to this list throughout 2021, once I’ve ticked off more from my local adventure bucket list. So, this is a list of all the places I recommend visiting to escape home and to enjoy the great outdoors by hiking easy to moderate summit peaks for some beautiful British countryside views. ![]() Yet, I had never hiked any of the fantastic places on my doorstep that are within 30 minutes to 1 hour of my home. I’ve hiked the Montserrat Mountains in Spain, a still active volcano in Santorini, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, Mount Qingcheng in China and the Mount Srđ Trail in Croatia. Throughout the year, mostly during Spring, Summer and Autumn we went on hiking adventures to places we had never visited before to experience panoramic views. All the most memorable memories were from exploring the best walking trails and nature reserves near me and the surrounding West Midlands. When I look back on the turbulent year of 2020. Walking trails, hills, peaks, summits near Birmingham ![]()
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