Walk up Lion Meadow to High Street and turn right. Turn left at The Square, go past the church and straight on into Rectory Field. Walk up a broad swathe of green then turn right near some houses and enter Old Rectory Wood. The path descends to a junction, where you turn right, soon crossing Town Brook. Turn left and climb to a gate on to the Long Mynd.

Go forward beside the brook to meet iron railings around a pool, then continue in the same direction with the brook on your left. After an almost imperceptible height gain, the path begins to climb more steeply before curving leftward around the head of the valley.

At a Pole Bank Way marker post, bear right. Just follow these posts now, gaining height very gradually again. Ignore branching paths and, after ascending a slight rise, you’ll see the summit ahead on the left.

Meet an unfenced road. Turn left, ignore a path to Little Stretton, and go straight on when the road bends left, joining an obvious stony track. Cross the Portway (just an indistinct groove here) and continue to clear cross-tracks. Turn left to the summit then straight on down to the road. Bear right and follow it past trees surrounding the site of Pole Cottage.

About 100yds (91m) further on, turn left on a wide green path. Soon bear left again, joining an even clearer green track. In a dip, fork left to follow a narrower path contouring around Round Hill. Go straight on at a junction, then descend to Cross Dyke (a Bronze Age earthwork). After the dyke the path ascends briefly, but soon levels out, then begins its descent, eventually following a brook. Pass some houses and a campsite.

Cross a footbridge by a ford. Keep on down the lane to visit Little Stretton and its pubs; otherwise after a few paces take the footpath on the left over a stile. It climbs by a field-edge to the top corner, then turns left, following the top of a steep slope to a pasture. Follow the right-hand edge of this until the path enters woodland. Descend to Ludlow Road.

Turn left and immediately left again on a bridleway. It climbs into woodland, emerging at the far side to meet a wider track, which soon becomes a road. As it bends to the right, go left through a car park to Rectory Field. Descend to The Square, turn right on High Street and left on Lion Meadow to the car park.