Shrewsbury Cross the Welsh bridge into Shrewsbury, keep in the left hand lane and take the A528 Signposted Ellesmere. Turn left onto the B5067, SP Baschurch. This road takes you past the West Mid Show Ground (an agricultural show for everyone held in May each year), and through an avenue of trees through the Berwick Estate. Later you will pass Leaton Church which is described by Pevsner as having 'a facade as crazy as any of this High Victorian Phase'. Further on, and immediately after passing Walford Agricultural College, you will see a pond to the right of the road. This has been turned into a wildlife reserve by the college, and it is possible to walk around it. Baschurch Baschurch has seen a considerable amount of building I lived there. Nevertheless, in the area around the church it retains much of its original character. On the right, at the corner of the first crossroads, you will see a residential home for the elderly which was once the building used by Dame Agnes Hunt for her first hospital. Turn left at this crossroads, then bear right by the church. Follow this road to a X-roads where you need to turn right. Turn left at the next X-roads, SP Weston Lullingfields. Weston Lullingfields On entering the village, turn right by the Weston Farm. It should be signposted Petton, but the local wags have been known to turn the signpost around. Petton Petton is little more than a few houses and farms and a large neo-Elizabethan brick mansion. The church, though small, is of interest and contains some fine early 18th century bits. Turn left at T-junction opposite Petton Park, SP Cockshutt. (The church stands in a field a few hundred yards in the opposite direction). Turn right at T-junction. Turn left at junction with A528, SP Ellesmere. Cockshutt A pleasant spot, although a little spoilt by traffic on occasion. Interesting little house on the right at the above T-junction. Turn right SP Loppington. |