Moston Coppice

An old bend, removed by a realignment.

Obnoxious and shouty, the sort of rubbish that often blights a walk in England. At least three signs telling me to go away - for a while there were fears that you could catch the novel coronavirus from passing somebody in a wood, but that was disproved over a year before this was taken. Meanwhile folk were able to gather indoors in England without even a face covering. I have since been told that local opinion is very much against these notices which are the work of one individual only. They are to be removed, only the cabinet seems to have been jammed shut by vandals. On a positive note, the walk was lovely (despite the mild dog attack) and there is a well provisioned car park here. Well worth a stop by if travelling on the A49.

In a very handy car park serving a lovely woodland to walk in. The obelisk behind the utterly vile noticeboard is a war memorial.

Gives access to the paths in the woods to the west as well as several delightfully located houses.

A set of steps climb out of the Roman road's cutting giving access to this fine oak wood on thin sandstone soils.

Oak wood on sandstone.

The A49 is a major road, which traverses the Welsh Marches region. It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues to Warrington and Wigan before terminating at its junction with the A6 road just south of Bamber Bridge, near the junction of the M6, M65 and M61 motorways.

The A49 is a major road that runs for 158 miles from Bamber Bridge, near Preston, to Ross-on-Wye. The section north of Warrington is mostly a non-primary road for local traffic, having been largely superseded by the M6 motorway. South of Warrington, the route traverses the Welsh Marches region Link , following the hills along the English/Welsh borders although it never actually enters Wales; usually running around ten miles away from the border as it winds its way through Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire although it comes within a couple of miles near Whitchurch. The road is all primary but mainly single carriageway, which means that traffic queues sometimes build up behind tractors or slow-moving goods vehicles. The stretch between the A5 at Shrewsbury and Ross-on-Wye is a trunk road, maintained by the national Highways England. Link SABRE

The old OS map shows five small fields in a triangle of land to the left of the road. Some of these have been developed, and the hedge bounds the gardens

I hadn't noticed the content last time I visited, a year or so ago. The display includes a poster for the now disgraced local Tory MP who had to resign after being embroiled in a 'cash for questions' or lobbying 'conflict of interest' crisis which showed him as a snout in the public and corporate trough. It also includes some duplicate notices asking walkers to be prepared to prove their local-ness or resident proximity to their intended walk route - with the implication that this is required by the local parish council - which hopefully it is NOT! Rather unpleasant reading! This green is used by many walkers and is the start of a very popular Shrewsbury Ramblers walking book route - which I know has helped many, many people with their mental and physical health since the first Covid lockdown in March 2020. I see that other geographers have spotted the same content! And had a similar reaction. Someones paranoia is being paraded here maybe? Distasteful and unnecessary. I hope their mental health is OK after what has been a very difficult time for everyone! Maybe their faith in their fellow humans has been restored by the exemplary way in which 99.9% of ordinary people have responded to events. I hope so.

This village has great houses, and this is a prime example.

Very pleasant walk through oak woods interspersed with pines and firs. Heath meets woodland and very good to stroll.

Nice woodland / heath land.

Great walking on an early Spring morning.

Nice.

Nice outlook over farms.

With a dramatic viewpoint.

Nice spot.