Wellington in the County of The Wrekin (formerly in Shropshire) was awarded Walkers are Welcome status in June, 2010.

Regular Walks Routes

The Wrekin	View from the top of The Wrekin

We set out on the first Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. from outside Wellington Leisure centre. This page should give you an idea of the sorts of walks we do. All our welcome. If you have any queries please contact us..

Recent Walks

These routes are best viewed as 'satellite'. You can change the scale and move from them to the surrounding countryside.

• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday February 5th 2012 Betty lead us to Apley to see the snowdrops. We went there last Februray too, it was almost the same distance but a completely different route. Here is where we went.
• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday January 1st 2012 We went to the top of the Ercall , then via the Dairy Pits to the golf course. Here is where we went.
• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday December 4th 2011 Betty lead this walk via Short Woods and Limekiln Wood. Here is where we went.
• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday November 6th 2011 in the North of the town. Here is where we went. We used the Wrekin Link which was slightly obstructed and overgrown , we will report this again to Telford and Wrekin.
• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday October 2nd 2011 Lime Kiln woods area. Here is almost where most of us went. (The leader had an errand to run in Alreston, everyone else went straight along Lime Kiln Lane.) The map is best viewed as 'satellite'. At about the 3-mile point Kevin led a few of the walkers on a longer route returning over the Ercall
• Special walk - Saturday October 1st 2011 in cooperation with British Food Fortnight We walked to The Pheasant, Admaston, via Apley Park, for a very enjoyable lunch. Here is where we went.
• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday September 4th 2011. Betty led an enjoyable walk on the Ercall.
• Regular Sunday walk - Sunday August 7th 2011. Andy led an enjoyable walk to Short Woods.
• Regular Sunday walk - July 3rd 2011. This very different walk took us via paths to the guillotine lock on the lane to the old Hadley Park Farm and the old mill at Leegomery. Many of the walkers had never been to these laces before, or nor for many years. This is the route.
• Regular Sunday walk - June 5th 2011. The longer walk went over the Ercall, round the back of the Wrekin, then over the Wrekin, then skirted the Ercall again. This is the route, again with start added manually to the end. The more leisurely alternative visited the Ercall and Limekiln Woods.
• Regular Sunday walk - May 1st 2011 This most enjoyable walk was led by a guest leader Chris Hogarth and went to Limekiln woods to look at the flora. Here is where we went. The map is best viewed as 'satellite'. This beautiful image was taken on the walk by one of our walkers.
• Regular Sunday Walk -April 3rd 2011. The Ercall and the Reservoir. Here is where we went. The distances may look odd as the start of the route was added manually to the end, as the recording was started rather late. See Photos by Dorothy Roberts.
• Regular Sunday Walk -March 6th 2011. Limekiln Wood, returning vis the Hutchison way . Here is where we went.
• Regular Sunday Walk -February 6th 2011. Apley Wood. Here is where we went to look at the snowdops and the wood sculptures (The recording was started slightly late). See Photos by Dorothy Roberts.
• Regular Sunday Walk -January 2nd 2011. The Ercall. Here is where some of us went, others missed out the short climb to the top of the Ercall from the shoulder.
• Regular Sunday Walk- December 5th 2010. Loosely based around Wellington Walk C , the Ercall with slight deviations because of the icy weather.
• First of the regular walks - November 7th 2010. Limekiln Woods Wellington Walks D (shorter alternative) and D We had two groups, a faster longer group and a shorter group.
• Wellington Walks A (and back by the alternative route), C, D (shorter alternative) At the launch event - September 26th 2010

Problems?

If you find any obstructions or problems on our local paths please tell us. We can't promise a speedy resolution, but the more evidence we have of problems, the more pressure we can exert.

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Last updated 8th February 2012