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The Mount B&B

Whether you're visiting Church Stretton for business or leisure, The Mount is your perfect choice. This elegant and relaxing early Edwardian family house has views across the valley and on to the Long Mynd.

Church Stretton
A wide range of activities is available to visitors to Church Stretton - walking, golf, riding, cycling, gliding. There are many local antique shops and, as one might expect, hidden away in villages and valleys, are talented local artists and craftsmen.
The valleys of the Long Mynd (known locally as batches) provide relaxed walking in beautiful sheltered settings, and the lucky watcher can spot peregrine and buzzard and, as evening advances, a barn owl can sometimes be glimpsed or heard.

The Long Mynd and the Stretton Hills are renowned as walking country. The Long Mynd rises to over 1700 feet and offers wonderful views northwards and down into the Stretton valley. Caer Caradoc is a spectacular hill over 1500 feet high whose summit can be reached from The Mount in about a 1/2 hour steady climb. There are many other less demanding but equally exciting walks.

Other Local Activities
Church Stretton has one of the highest and most challenging golf courses in the British Isles with most holes lying over 1000 feet above sea level. There are riding stables nearby, cycles can be hired in the town centre and there is a gliding club on the Long Mynd.

Castles and Houses
The Welch Border was disputed between Welch and English for centuries. The area is studded with castles. One of the most spectacular is Ludlow Castle, built about 1066. Closer to Church Stretton is Stokesay Castle, a uniquely preserved example of a fortified manor house. Powis Castle, home of Clive of India, is also within easy reach.

Ironbridge Gorge
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum charts the industrial revolution. The Ironbridge itself crosses the River Severn in the heart of the gorge. Other sites include Blists Hill, a 'working' 18th Century industrial village museum, the Coalport China Museum - once home to the classic chinaware, and Bedlam Furnaces, site of the first industrial iron making.

How to get here
By Car - from the North
The A49 heads south signposted Leominster and Hereford. On entering Church Stretton turn left at the traffic lights. The Mount is set back on Sandford Avenue 100 yards up on the right hand side on the road.

By Car - from the South
Church Stretton is 18 miles north from Ludlow, 8 miles from Craven Armes on the A49. At the traffic lights turn right and follow the directions above.

By Train
If travelling by rail please check the timetable as not all trains stop at Church Stretton. The station is close to the traffic lights and the walk takes some 3 minutes.