Shareshill Walks

Shareshill village is fortunate in being surrounded by a network of country lanes, bridleways, footpaths and rights of way across privately owned land.Whilst the lanes are kept free by motorised traffic, the other routes depend upon usage to keep them open. From time to time they also require action from Staffordshire County Council officers.

Organised Walks
You may be interested in a series of short walks on these footpaths currently being arranged by John Parton. The walks range from 2.5 miles to 5.5miles and will include all of the main footpaths. These walks are being arranged for Sunday mornings, and are completely free.

Downloadable Routes
It is intended to add further routes to this section. Please note: the number given to each of these route maps is for convenience only. Designated rights of way are numbered separately by the county council.
To download an A4-sized version click on the map.

Route number 1

John Parton points out that it is necessary to take a detailed Ordnance Survey map to avoid problems. He uses Pathfinder 891 Wolverhampton (North) which is 2.5 inches to I mile. (in old money).

Route number 2

Here are a few photographs which John Parton took in June 2009 along "Route 2".
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Route number 3

These pictures were taken on the organised walk along route 3 on 19th July, 2009.
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For Staffordshire walks beyond Shareshill visit the Walking in Staffs website.

Problems on rights of way

The photographs below show how some landowners still show a total disregard for rights of way across their land. Compare these with the picture above where the land owner has cleared a path through the crop.	Shareshill footpath 1 viwed from a gate where it passes through part of Brookfields Farm. Walking through this would require a lot of determination plus a heavy duty petrol strimmer!	Shareshill footpath 3 viewed from the pool, looking towards footpath 1.
Shareshill footpath 5 viewed from the Hilton Lane end.	Shareshill footpath 5 again.	Shareshill footpath 17 This picture speaks for itself.

County Council action
It is only fair to point out that Staffordshire County Council's rights of way team is tasked with overseeing a 2800 mile network.

Recent action has included:
Negotiating with the owner of a property where footpath number 5 joins Hilton Lane via his driveway!. With the owner's co-operation and consent waymarks have been put up to clarify the route.
Carrying out a site visit to identify problems along "Route 1".
Attempts to arrange a meeting with the owner of Brookfields Farm to resolve problems.
Planning to meet with John Parton and a member of the Parish council to share information and discuss concerns.

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