The images of Pig Trough have all disappeared from Imageshack, and I don't have back-ups.

However, a far superior set of images of Pig Trough (and the Flash) has been posted to Flickr.

The Flash is walk close to the river in the Coton Hill area immediately to the north west of the town centre. It runs from the middle of Pig Trough to Gravel Hill Lane near the West Midlands Show Ground.

Start of The Flash



It has nice views over the river



As well as back gardens of houses on Berwick Road



Not forgetting this ornate garden bridge



Passing the back of Coton Manor

Hermitage Walk is a mixture of road, passage and pavement which leads from Drinkwater Street in Mountfields to the Mount.

It starts as an access road for cottages behind Frankwell Island.







Then it becomes a narrower foot passage between walls.



There are signs like this all over the town - not quite sure why such cryptic and legalistic wording has to be used.



Finally it leads onto The Mount. There are some steps leading off to the left.



Looking back towards Frankwell Island, across the Boot Gardens and the retaining walls built by Thomas Telford.



Possibly someone else from the Forum has been here before me?



By this stage it is really part of the pavement for the Mount, but I'm going to extend Hermitage Walk a few yards - how many urban paths have the birthplace of a world-renowned scientist along them?



There is a historic image of Hermitage Walk on the Darwin Country website.

Water Lane leads from Frankwell along the river almost to the Boathouse. This is the New Street end.



At this stage is is a fairly narrow and sloping access road for houses on New Street.



Before becoming the riverside path. This is typically the first place to flood.



In the snow in March 2006



Finally it emerges in Frankwell as an access road between old buildings near the Littleboro Fish and Chip Shop. There are flood defences now, as well as a Water Lane sign.

Great Pictures Town Walls, I did not even know they existed.

As for the graffiti I once saw daubed on a Shrewsbury wall "Jemma is a sl*g and she bought her car on finance" it was mildly amusing!

Some good ones there Town Walls - another one I can think of is Egland Lane in Coleham. It runs between Longden Coleham and Belle Vue Road.

Also there's a good long (but un-named) passage between Monkmoor Road and Clifford Street, which runs past the Whitehall buildings.

Just had a wander around Frankwell today and there's one or two passages between Frankwell and Nettles Lane. Worth a look if your out and about that way.

Egland Lane is a passage which cuts off the corner for pedestrians between Belle Vue Road and Longden Coleham. It also gives access to Egland Cottages and a small number of more recent houses.



From the Belle Vue end, Egland Lane starts as the rear access for the Boars Head.



This somewhat less than exciting photo is a view from the narrowest section of Egland Lane.



There is an anti-bike barrier at the Longden Coleham end, with the top bar painted yellow in standard Shrewsbury style.

School Lane runs between Longden Coleham and Belle Vue Road. It is divided into two by Salters Lane and, although the name applies to both, the two halves are quite different in character.

It starts near Coleham Primary School, presumably hence the name.



At this end it is wide enough for cars



On the other side of Salters Lane, the path is narrower and is suitable only for pedestrians.



It passes by the side of Holy Trinity Church.





Before emerging onto Belle Vue Road.

The Whitehall Path - this path does not appear to have a name (at least, not on SABC's interactive map), so I have invented a name for it. It runs between Monkmoor Road and Clifford Street.

Anti-bike bars at the Monkmoor Road, plus a warning sign just in case those pesky cyclists haven't got the message...



Not terribly exciting at this point, although the path does go past the Whitehall Buildings, what were the local DVLA offices, the Job Centre and other things.



The path passes along the side of The Cottage. In the distance, part of the building is protected by a vicious looking length of curved spikes.



The path emerges between houses on Clifford Street. The building on the left is a roof-tile merchants, and there are stacks of tiles in the back yard.

Beehive Lane is not a passage in the same way as the shuts in the town centre, but I have included it here because it shows some of the variety of paths that exist around Shrewsbury.

It runs from Kingsland Road (from almost opposite Kingsland Bridge Approach / Canonbury) to meet the Cinder Path.



At the start it is wide enough for cars



But it gets narrower



Until it meets the Cinder Path.

The Cinder Path is another path that passes through open ground rather than a built-up area. It runs between Kennedy Road in Kingsland to the top end of Longden Road across what estate agents call 'The Kingsland Valley'.

It is useful as a shortcut should you need to walk from Town Walls to the Cemetery (OK, not many people apart from me ever need to do this, but it's reasonably useful anyway).

It starts on Kennedy Road, opposite the junction with Greville Road.



Some of the worst graffiti to be found in Shrewsbury is found on the electricity sub-station down here.



Bridge over the Rad Brook



It gets steeper and narrower on the other side of the bridge until the path is no more than a squeeze between two conifer hedges.



Finally, the entrance on Longden Road. There is a (slightly perished) 'Cycling Prohibited' sign next to the anti-bike bars.

Cemetery Walk is a long and rather romantically named path that runs Longden Road along the side of the General Cemetery to Drawwell Street near Hereford Road.

At the Drawwell Street end, there are more of those tall anti-bike bars; these examples have square corners, like the ones on the Cinder Path (although not rounded like those on School Lane), but without the slight overhang on each side.



The first bit runs next to a field



Then there are general views of the Cemetery (at least if you're tall)





Before the path emerges on Longden Road

More interesting pics,

thank you Town Walls for taking the time to share them :)

Good stuff Town Walls - another two you may want to do are Sparrow Lane off Abbey Foregate and Gas Works Lane off New Park Road. :)

Just a note to say, I appreciate you posting the pictures of Shrewsbury. I'm afraid there are not many locations that look too familiar to me since I was last there in 1979! I was only 19 at the time and I didn't appreciate the architecture and surroundings as much as I should have. I suppose I had other things on my mind. Am looking forward to visiting next year...but will only have a few days in Shrewsbury and not a couple of weeks like I had in '79. Again, thanks for the pics!

wow u took me back to my childhood then i used to walk the cinder path with my mum,

when I used to walk the Cinder path I used to have to hold my breath as the the smell of fresh strawberries makes me nauseous.

s.g.d.

i remeber a few times goin strawberry picking and eatin more than we bought lol :D

Hammonds Terrace (also known as Hammonds Passage) is a short passage framed by 28-31 Coton Hill. It leads to a smal courtyard and a row of eight terraced houses built in the 1870s.



The painted wooden sign reads "Hammonds Terrace / Public Passage".



The courtyard at the end of Hammonds Terrace.

Copthorne Rise is one of several side roads leading off the Frankwell end of Copthorne Road, although it is the only one (I think) that is too narrow for cars.



Like the nearby terraces in Copthorne Road, these two-storey terraced cottages were built on the site of sand and gravel pits in the 1870s.



A distant and non-direct relative of mine (a grandaughter of my great great grandfather, I'm not sure of what the precise term is!) spent her early married life at one of the houses in Copthorne Rise in the early 1920s.

Gasworks Lane is a long path which leads from by the Canal Tavern in New Park Road to the Flax Mill in St Michael's Street. The gasworks was situated in the corner of land between Castle Foregate and New Park Road.



As confirmed by SGD, the first part of Gasworks Lane is part of the old line of the Shrewsbury Canal.



The recreation ground near the end of Gasworks Lane is built on the site of brickfields.





Finally the path emerges near the Flax Mill

it is the old canal bed up until your last picture which is the site of the old factory bridge.

the canal passed under the bridge and then ran along the front of the flax mill(maltings) before crossing under Comet bridge by the Comet pub(now the Coach).

s.g.d.

Thanks for continuing the passages theme, Town Walls. :)

Didn't know about the Copthorne Rise one! :blink: Is there a good view from it?

I sometimes use Gas Works Lane when I walk home from town - I go via The Dana, then Beacall's Lane and then Gas Works Lane.

Found a real shut in Abbey Foregate yesterday - it runs down the right hand side of the Crown Inn pub, which is located on the smaller Abbey Foregate road (ie the one-way street behind the church). The passage leads from Abbey Foregate to Railway Terrace, via the back of Providence Grove.

If anyone hasn't been around this area behind the frontage on Abbey Foregate it's worth a little look as it is a little secret area of Shrewsbury. Other than going via this shut, you would normally go via Railway Lane. There's a street called Portobello at the end of Railway Lane on your left and the newly built Railway Terrace is on your right. Providence Grove is the row of houses on the right side of Railway Lane. Going past Railway Terrace there's a bowling green. The Abbey railway loop line (which takes trains from the Hereford line to the Wolverhampton line without going through the station) arcs around the area.

Okay, here's a photo of the Abbey Foregate-Providence Grove shut:



And also here's one of the entrance to a passage I found yesterday which links The Mount with Hafren Close:



The other end of this passage isn't so attractive.

A short alleyway between the Mount and Hafren Close. These photos are shocking, but they're the best I have at the moment!

Entrance from The Mount



Here is the middle of the path between The Mount and Hafren Close. The lamppost is rather ornate. I don't think it's there any more.



The entrance to the path on Hafren Close. Houses on Hafren Close were built by the council in 1934 for families displaced by slum clearance on Barker Street.

"Apparently, the houses on Hafren Close were built by the council in 1934 for families displaced by slum clearance on Barker Street."

Those new houses (new back then of course) would have been a wonderful step up for the families in the "West End" slums, cleared to create the car parks we know and the old bus station. The clearance revealed Rowley's House, which had been surrounded by lesser buildings. Rowley's House was found to be in a bad state (I have photos of it in the 30s) and it was a good thing they didn't demolish it!

I am worried for the future of Rowley's,has anyone got a spare 2 million so that I can save it for the people of Shrewsbury?

I always thought that that was what Morris' did in the 1930's

s.g.d.

p.s. if anyone gives me the money,they can have the S1 bus stop.

I'm looking forward to the area around Rowley's House being redeveloped - the Barker Street car park is to be built on (commercial/residential mix I presume), the old bus stand remaining may become part of an extended methodist church grounds and the Bridge Street and St Austin Street car parks will be merged. Not too sure what the council quite have in mind with Rowley's House (other than selling it) - it's going to be a headhache converting it into anything!

I may be out and about today or tomorrow (despite the huge crowds going to and from the flower show) and will take snaps of the passages between Frankwell and Nettles Lane, as well as the Dana Steps in Castlefields.

Continuing the theme of pre-motor car era passages of various types, this time in the Copthorne / Mount area.

Barracks Lane, more or less parallel to the Mount, follows the original course of the road to Wales, abandoned as a backwater when Telford's new road was opened. Although a section can still be driven along, part of it is now only a footpath.

The view from Barracks Lane across Richmond Drive.



The path has recently been re-surfaced, so there's less need to fight your way through stinging nettles than there was last year.



I'm hoping that this might be the remains of a holloway.



Towards the end of the path, it has been widened as part of the access drive to houses.



You don't see many 15mph speed limits! The Shelton Fields end.

Nealors Lane is a long path running between The Mount and Copthorne Road.



As with Barracks Lane, part of it serves as the access drive to houses, but then it disappears at the end of back gardens on Hafren Road.



As a bonus, a spur of Nealors Lane leads to the end of Granville Street.



Some clearance work has gone on since I last walked up here.



The last section of the path has some nice old brick walls.



Finally the path emerges on Copthorne Road.

There is a brick in Hermitage walk that commemorates Charles and Diana's wedding.

s.g.d.

I'd forgotten about this thread. It looks like at least half of the photos have disappeared. Might be time for a few updates. Some routes that I can think of are

- the old railway line / cyclepath from Reabrook to Weeping Cross
- Castle Walk
- Sparrow Lane (as suggested by Proud Salopian)
- the new improved cycle path from Greenfields to the Flax Mill
- that path that 'gangsters' apparently use along the railway line near Wingfield Gardens
- a couple of paths with railway bridges at the bottom of Belle Vue
- the path behind Asda and the cinema (daylight only, thank you)
- the path with bridge off Laundry Lane

There's quite a few in the Frankwell/Mountfields/The Mount part of town. I've done some walking around them recently, though it's difficult to explain where they all are! The ones I'm talking about haven't been covered in this thread yet. They generally go between the streets and the river/floodplain, or along the river itself. I'll give it a go though, starting in the east and working my way along the river towards the cricket pitch.

Firstly there's what I believe is Cut Throat Lane. (Could be wrong though - this name is given to one of the paths leading off The Mount towards the river, but I'm not sure which one. The name is no longer shown on maps.) This starts at The Mount almost opposite where Hafren Road begins. It runs down to the river, via some steps on the way. The top entrance is to the right/west of a row of terraced houses.

Then there is Hermitage Walk. I think this has been covered in this thread though.

At the end of Drinkwater Street are two paths - one heads upstream along the river, the other downstream. This downstream path connects with the ends of Mount Street and then Hunter Street. At Hunter Street steps lead down to the river (and an old ferry post) and the path continues into the field there.

From Alma Street there is a fairly long semi-rural lane which passes some commercial units. This eventually leads to the same field.

Finally at the end of Longner Street one can walk into the car park.

It is quite a remarkable part of town. Along with Belle Vue/Coleham it's one of the best preserved Victorian style/era residential areas.

Cut Throat Lane is a short passage leading north from the Mount, near to Darwin's birthplace.



View back up to the Mount



View down to Doctor's Field



After the gate, the view towards the river opens up. Photo taken during the West Mid Show.



With steps down to the river

The Severn Way is a well-established long-distance footpath. These photos show the section of the path between Shelton and Poplar Island, including some of the passages between brick walls around Mountfields.

Steps down from Shelton Lane to the level of the river



Quite nice here, and not far from the town









Once past Doctor's Field, the path becomes narrower, and leads between the end of back gardens and the river.





Before some steps take the path up to street level again



A choice of paths at the end of Drinkwater Street



Although parallel with the river, the path stays close to street level and passes the end of the back gardens of Darwin Street and Darwin Terrace.





Paths at the end of Mount Street



and Hunter Street



It continues as a narrow path for a short distance, comes to a metal gate, and then the view opens up.



There are lots of very good photos of this area on Flickr - including these excellent shots and a set showing a walk from Frankwell Footbridge to Doctor's Field.

The Alma Street path (I'm sure it has a much better name) starts to the left at the end of Alma Street in Mountfields.



High walls and fences - houses one side and the Sabrina wood works on the other.





The gate (which is padlocked) provides access to the open field on the west side of Poplar Island.



Reasonable here - lots of tar spot on sycamore leaves - a sign of good air quality.



Before it emerges on the County Ground.

Some great photo's there,well done.

s.g.d.