Ironbridge Cycle Tour - 7 Days

 

Price 2024	Guest House	Hotel/ Inn
Per person	£1080	£1095
Single room	£65 p/n	£65 p/n
E-bike	n/a	n/a
Extra night	£75	£85

 

Based on two adults sharing a room and luggage transfers.

 Solo price.  Own bikes reduction £70pp.

Day 1. Petchfield Farm to Leintwardine

Cycle to Leintwardine, following the River Teme on an idyllic lane. add an extra loop to cycle to Hopton Castle for afternoon tea. Total 5 - 17 miles (8 - 27km) 

 

Day 2. Leintwardine to Church Stretton

Cycle to Clun, along one of our favourite routes, following the Rivers Teme and Redlake. A wonderful route along idyllic valley lanes past a string of picturesque villages, gradually leading you up through a cleft in the hills. Visit the border market town of Bishop's Castle then over the heather covered grouse moors of the Long Mynd hills  to the spa town of Church Stretton.  Total 41 miles (66 km)

 

Day 3. Explore Church Stretton

Rest day or explore The Strettons by bike, cycle to the hidden Batches Valley on the Long Mynd, great picnic spots by the mountain stream. You can even explore the Long Mynd by foot along the mountain streams of Ashes Hollow.  9 miles (14 km)

Day 4. Church Stretton to Ironbridge

Follow Apedale to the River Severn - a distinctly different cycling area to the border country you've been touring through - lots of old established farms. You can visit the ruins of Wroxeter Roman city and Buildwas Abbey en-route.  Total 32 miles (52 km)

 

Day 5. Explore Ironbridge

The World Heritage Site is situated on the River Severn in a quiet, deeply wooded gorge - very different to the atmosphere 200 years ago - it became the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. You can cycle or walk to all the museums in the gorge. Blists Hill Victorian village is the most popular, but the others are fascinating too, from the Ironmasters houses to the Tar Tunnel and Jackfield Tile Museum.

 

Day 6. Ironbridge to Ludlow

Visit Broseley’s Pipeworks museum, National Trust’s Benthall Hall and Much Wenlock - home to the medieval Wenlock Priory, and the story of how Much Wenlock was the inspiration for the modern Olympic games. Under the Clee you will find quiet hamlets, Norman churches, superb cycling and the longest ford in the UK. Ludlow is a medieval fortified town with a magnificent Norman castle. There are lots of very good inns and restaurants in Ludlow.  Total  32 miles (52 km)

 

Day 7. Ludlow to Petchfield Farm

Your last cycling day - either 5 miles (8 km) through Mortimer Forest, 10 miles (16 km) via Richards Castle, one of the first Norman castles built in this country before 1066! Or 22 miles (35 km) via the River Teme and Tenbury Wells. Finishing any time in the afternoon, back at Petchfield Farm.  Total 5 - 22 miles (16 - 35 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 Mynd House  An Edwardian villa in Little Stretton with great views of Caer Caradoc and Ragleth hill.  Spacious rooms, and excellent breakfast.  There is a bar, lounge and garden for relaxation.  

 

The Valley Hotel A Georgian 3-star country house hotel  The hotel is set in its own secluded grounds, sweeping down to the banks of the River Severn.  Former home of tile manufacturer Arthur Maw.

 

Coalbrookdale Villa in Paradise Road. The house is a beautiful Grade II Listed Victorian Gothic style house and was built around 1850.  Originally an Ironmaster's House, it was owned by the Fox-Davies family.  Spacious rooms, great lounge and garden and wifi.

 

Charlton Arms Hotel. Riverside Inn, with great reputation for food (AA Rosettes and Michelin Bib Gourmand award). Riverside terraces, comfortable rooms and great views of historic Ludlow. 

 

The Mount Guesthouse.  Victorian guesthouse, with spacious rooms and great views of Mortimer Forest.  Very welcoming and excellent breakfasts.