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Lightspout Waterfall Walk, Carding Mill Valley
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 11–19 °C (52–66 °F)
- J6°1°92
- F6°0°67
- M8°1°78
- A11°2°80
- M14°6°80
- J16°8°74
- J19°11°80
- A18°11°84
- S16°9°89
- O12°6°106
- N8°3°102
- D6°1°104
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
This route is along a footpath on a sometimes challenging ascent to the Lightspout Waterfall that is narrow at various points. Closer to the waterfall areas may become slippery due to the water.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.4 km · 2.7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.6 km NW of Church Stretton (Shropshire, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Shropshire
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Carding Mill Valley, Church Stretton, SY6 6JG;SO 44396 94483 → Carding Mill Valley, Church Stretton, SY6 6JG;SO 44396 94483
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 52.5504, -2.8336
- Route start
- 52.5457, -2.8221
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19849823
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordsh
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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