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Major's Leap Walk, Wenlock Edge
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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)
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- M9°2°58
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- M15°6°64
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- J19°11°61
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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
Enjoy this circular walk along an old packhorse route and through woodland footpaths, taking in far-reaching views and flourishing wildflowers. It's named after the legend of a Royalist major who is said to have galloped off Wenlock Edge on horseback to e
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 5.6 km · 3.5 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 5.3 km · 3.3 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.3 km SE of Harley (Shropshire, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Shropshire
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Much Wenlock Car Park, TF13 6AS;SO 61303 99661 → Much Wenlock Car Park, TF13 6AS;SO 61303 99661
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 52.5887, -2.5872
- Route start
- 52.5927, -2.5841
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15088570
- 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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