Riding routes

Shropshire is a stunning county to ride in, with extensive uplands and far reaching views from the Clee Hills in the south, to the Long Mynd and the Stiperstones to the north.

Shropshire’s Great Outdoors Riding Routes

Shropshire’s Great Outdoors have created leaflets for the circular and the long distance rides, which you can download from the website and are often replicated on the back page of The Portway.

http://www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/horse-riding/

There are a number of promoted long distance routes, such as the Jack Mytton Way, which can be tackled in sections, as well as many circular routes of differing lengths taking in the tremendously varied countryside of Shropshire.

http://www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/horse-riding/circular-rides/

Shropshire Interactive Route Map

Many of these can be linked to create your own routes. Please use the interactive map https://gis.shropshire.gov.uk/greatoutdoors/index.html to see how they connect and to see the other many rights of way across Shropshire.

Pathfinder Project Routes

The Pathfinder Project was funded by the Shropshire Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme.

The Pathfinder Project has collated a collection of horse riding routes spanning across the Shropshire Hills National Landscape including the Long Mynd, Stiperstones, Clee Hill, Wenlock Edge, Clun and their surrounding areas.

Katy Mellor of the Long Mynd & District Bridleways Association has put alot of work into this project and routes are still being added (as at autumn 2024). Thankyou Katy

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Promoted Horse Rides

For routes in our Country Parks and Heritage Sites that are suitable for riding, please see our Country Parks and Sites page and search for ‘Promoted Horse Rides’.

If you encounter an issue

This link allows you to report a right of way issue with Shropshire Council. https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/outdoor-partnerships/report-a-rights-of-way-issue/

Please also refer to the Committee page and let the committee member responsible for the area know what the issue is.