Country Hotel Cycle Tour

 

Price 2021	Guest House	Hotel/ Inn
Per person	-	£495
Single room	-	£55 p/n
E-bike	-	£85
Extra night	-	£75

 

Based on two adults sharing a room and luggage transfers.

Solo travellers.  Own bike reduction £40pp.

Day 1. Petchfield Farm to Leintwardine

Cycle to Leintwardine, following the River Teme on an idyllic lane. Visit a roman village for lunch; stop for tea, books, and to admire the grand yew hedges of Brampton Bryan or just picnic by the river and we guarantee you will see kingfishers. Stay at The Lion Hotel. Total 5 - 28 miles (8 - 45km)

 

Day 2. Leintwardine to Bishops Castle

Cycle via Clun, along one of our favourite routes, following the Rivers Teme and Redlake, gradually leading you up through the hills. Clun is a great place for lunch - either in one of the pubs - or picnic in the castle grounds. After lunch follow the River Unk, to the Kerry Ridgeway. Fabulous views across Wales to Cader Idris on the Welsh Coast. Then freewheel downhill into the border market town of Bishops Castle. Here you stay for two nights at The Castle Hotel, built in 1719 by Lord Carnavon on the site of the Bishop of Hereford’s original castle.  Total 25 miles (40km)

 

Day 3. Explore from Bishops Castle

Bishops Castle is home to many special festivals during the year - including the unique Tandem Triathlon. There are great cycle rides to the Georgian town of Montgomery, the atmospheric Stiperstones and exploring the River Onny. Stay at The Castle Hotel. Choice of routes 12 - 24 miles (19 - 39 km)

 

Day 4. Bishops Castle to Petchfield Farm

An easy cycling day, pass by Clive of India’s former home with its grand Arboretum and Hopton Castle, a 13th century hunting lodge situated in a beautiful valley. Lunch at a riverside inn, or a unique parlour pub – unchanged for a 100 years. Finishing any time in the afternoon, back at Petchfield Farm.  Total 20 miles (32 km)

The Lion Hotel. A lovely Victorian fishing hotel on the banks of the River Teme. Excellent restaurant, local produce, local beer and cider. Riverside garden

The Baron At Bucknell. Country Inn. Immaculate rooms, gardens and a cider barn restaurant, with great views into the Shropshire hills.

The Castle Hotel. An 18th century coaching inn, built on the site of the Castle keep.  The Castle Hotel in Bishops Castle, has been offering hotel accommodation in Shropshire since 1760. Great food and terraced garden.