The Lantern Canal Walk

The Lantern Walk START: The Lantern car park

1. Turn left out of The Lantern car park, cross onto the right hand pavement of Meadow Farm Drive, walk towards the roundabout and take the second exit. 
2. Follow the pavement as it bears right just before you reach Sundorne Road. 3. Cross over Sundorne Road opposite the TA centre. 
4. Once over Sundorne Road turn right and continue along the pavement for 400m until you reach Lesley Owen Way. 
5. Turn left onto Lesley Owen Way, keep to the left as the pavement branches and follow it away from the road onto a public footpath. 
6. At the bottom of the footpath turn left onto a cycle path and continue for approximately 10 minutes with Shrewsbury Old Canal on your left and the River Severn down below on your right, until you see a track on your left opposite a wildlife spot. 
A. Continue along the cycle path for approximately 10-15 minutes until you approach a narrow path on your left just before the gate at the end of the track (see photo B) 
B. Turn left onto the narrow path, through some trees and onto Shrewsbury Sports Village Recreation Fields. Continue straight up the fields walking parallel to Pimley Hall Drive on your right until you reach Sundorne Road. C. Cross straight over Sundorne Road at the safest place and follow the pavement left handed, past Claverley Road to a T-junction with Moston Road. 
D. Turn right onto Moston Road and continue on the left hand pavement for a couple of minutes. 
E. Take the first left onto Ebury Avenue and continue to the roundabout. 
F. Turn right at the roundabout onto Meadow Farm Drive. 
G. Turn right back into The Lantern car park.

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