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Nordy Bank Hillfort – Sunset on Brown Clee Hill loop from Clee St Margaret

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Nordy Bank Hillfort – Sunset on Brown Clee Hill loop from Clee St Margaret

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Nordy Bank Hillfort – Sunset on Brown Clee Hill loop from Clee St Margaret

04:05

13.9km

400m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 27, 2026

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Shropshire Hills National Landscape

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24 m

Gate to Clee Liberty Common

Highlight • Rest Area

First enshrined in law in the Magna Carta in 1215, Common Land traditionally sustained the poorest people in rural communities who owned no land of their own, providing them with a source of wood, bracken for bedding and pasture for livestock. Over one-third of England’s moorland is common land. Common Land now accounts for just 3% of England, but this includes large tracts of our most well-loved and ecologically rich landscapes including where you are standing in the Shropshire Hills but also in the Yorkshire Dales, on Dartmoor and in the Lake District.

Common Land is privately owned land with ‘Rights of Common’ over that land, most commonly to graze animals. Visitors have a right roam the commons while recognising and respecting the wildlife, landowners and farmers who work tirelessly to maintain it. This includes making sure all visiting dogs have their owner with them and are under close control. Our nesting birds, sheep, lambs and other stock will thank you for it.

There are 86 pieces of registered common land in the county of Shropshire. Many of these and certainly the largest ‘working’ commons, can be found within the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Clee Liberty, known for its Iron Age Hill Fort and extensive industrial quarrying activity is part of Shropshire’s highest hill, the Brown Clee. This common is owned by the Parish Council of Clee St Margaret. Local residents enjoy common rights on the hill, several commoners turn out sheep and one also grazes a small herd of ponies.

For this walk, we access the common from ‘the Yeld’ where there is parking for a small number of cars. To start the walk, go through the gate onto the common and follow the track straight ahead.

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476 m

Clee Liberty Parish Boundary Hedge Bank

Highlight • Viewpoint

As you have entered the common and are following the track, notice the impressive boundary bank, ditch and hedge on your right. Whether adjoining landowners enjoy rights to graze a common or not, they are responsible for fencing against it. A common misconception is that you are not allowed to fence a common, the opposite is true. A grazed common needs to be fenced to keep stray animals and potentially those from farmers who do not hold common grazing rights, off the common. The misconception about not ‘fencing off’ common land may come from the fact that all common land is ‘open access’ by virtue of the 2000 CROW Act, giving the public the right to explore the common on foot without having to stay on public footpaths. However, as many commons are havens for wildlife and commoner’s stock graze these areas, it is actually a good idea to stay on the main routes.

Many commons boundaries are also parish boundaries, as this impressive hedge bank is. Here on Clee Liberty, at the top at Clee Burf, five parishes come together. Each parish share a small stretch of boundary with the common, giving a historic entry point for commoners to turn out stock.

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2.60 km

Nordy Bank Hillfort

Highlight • Viewpoint

Whilst quarrying has damaged part of Nordy Bank, much of this Iron Age hillfort remains in good condition with obvious ramparts. On Brown Clee Hill, the fort offers wonderful views over the Shropshire countryside, particularly to the west. The Jack Mytton Way long-distance footpath passes just north of the fort but numerous footpaths criss-cross the area. Find parking to the south, at Stokegorse.

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6.22 km

Sunset on Brown Clee Hill

Highlight • Summit

6.69 km

Abdon Burf Summit (Highest Point of Brown Clee Hill)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Abdon Burf is the highest point in Shropshire and is the name for the higher of two summits on Brown Clee Hill. While much of the hill is covered in plantation, the summit and the western flanks are open heathland, providing fantastic views on clear days.

This summit sits at 1,771 feet (540 m) and is also the sight of air traffic control masts which, while a little intrusive, are actually quite impressive by themselves. The hill has been the site of numerous wartime plane crashes, perhaps more than any other hill in the country. Today, planes are guided by the towers.

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11.1 km

Clee Burf Parking Area

Highlight • Parking

Park, drink Yerba mate and ride hike and live…

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11.3 km

Nordy Bank Iron Age Fort

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great example of an Iron Age fort!

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13.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.46 km

3.24 km

2.22 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.1 km

2.69 km

626 m

248 m

229 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Sunday 12 July

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Nordy Bank Hillfort – Sunset on Brown Clee Hill loop from Clee St Margaret

Gate to Clee Liberty Common

Clee Liberty Parish Boundary Hedge Bank

Nordy Bank Hillfort

Sunset on Brown Clee Hill

Abdon Burf Summit (Highest Point of Brown Clee Hill)

Clee Burf Parking Area

Nordy Bank Iron Age Fort

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