# Wild Edric's Way

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{{Short description|Long-distance footpath in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
[[File:Post with Wild Edrics Way Offas Dyke and Salop Way markers.JPG|thumb|right|A post on Wild Edric's Way also with waymarks for [Offa's Dyke Path](/source/Offa's_Dyke_Path) and the [Shropshire Way](/source/Shropshire_Way)]]'''Wild Edric's Way''' is a waymarked [long distance footpath](/source/long_distance_footpath) running wholly within the county of [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire) in [England](/source/England). The path runs for {{convert|49|mi|km}}, mostly sharing the route of the [Shropshire Way](/source/Shropshire_Way).

==The route==
The route runs from [Church Stretton](/source/Church_Stretton) in the [Shropshire Hills](/source/Shropshire_Hills) [AONB](/source/AONB) to [Ludlow](/source/Ludlow). It is named for [Eadric the Wild](/source/Eadric_the_Wild).

From Stretton it climbs up the [Long Mynd](/source/Long_Mynd), and [Stiperstones](/source/Stiperstones) descending to [Bishops Castle](/source/Bishops_Castle) using both a [medieval](/source/medieval) [drovers' road](/source/drovers'_road), the Portway and [Offa's Dyke Path](/source/Offa's_Dyke_Path) to reach quiet [Clun](/source/Clun) and [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) [Clun Castle](/source/Clun_Castle) before traversing the [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) [hillfort](/source/hillfort) at [Bury Ditches](/source/Bury_Ditches) and heading to [Craven Arms](/source/Craven_Arms) and finally [Ludlow](/source/Ludlow), the centre of the [Welsh Marches](/source/Welsh_Marches).

==External links==
* [http://www.ldwa.org.uk/index.php Long Distance Walkers' Association]
* {{Citation | title=Walking the Wild Edric Way | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/16/uk.walkingholidays?page=all | journal=The Guardian | date=16 April 2008 | first=Dixe | last=Wills}}

{{coord |52|35|0|N|2|56|3|W |type:landmark_region:GB-SHR_dim:25000 |display=title}} <!-- Top of the Stiperstones -->

Category:Long-distance footpaths in England
Category:Footpaths in Shropshire

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