SHROPSHIRE Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms is set to launch a brand new mass participation challenge walk next year.

The “Shropshire Way 80K” will be taking in some of the finest parts of the Shropshire hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the route is 80km (50 miles) in length with the aim being to complete the circuit in less than 24 hours.

It largely follows the Shropshire way on either the Main Route or its subsidiary paths.

Starting and finishing at Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, the home of Grow Cook Learn, this walk will take ramblers through the very best of Shropshire’s amazing, undiscovered landscape and some of its hidden market towns.

Along the way, as walkers pass through check points and will be able to sample some of the wonderful local produce that the area has to offer. Participants will be treated to a breakfast upon their return to the Centre.

Bookings for the event, which be held over Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, 2018 is open by contacting the Discovery Centre.

“After many years of taking part in and marshalling on similar events to this all over Europe, I have long been formulating an idea about staging a long distance event of my own in the Shropshire Hills,” said Grant Wilson, manager of the Centre.