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2024 News
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The full programme has been published .
Most of the events are on Visit Telford, but, as of 04 April. the Sunday events aren't there. here is a link, and details of the Sunday routes, on our page.
We are looking for new Champions for the Trail and for the Coronation Walks
Please click below to read details from our Champion Organiser.
TCW Hadley and Dawley , route changes
Partially because of the tendency to flooding we have made a change to Dawley (route 20) to pass under the tramway bridge pictured. We have also made a small change to Hadley (route 6) it is now pushchair friendly and wheelchair friendly in non-muddy conditions. The maps have been updated . as have the descriptions and gpx files. The Hadley waymarks have been updated. The Dawley ones will be shortly.
Entries are open for the 2024 Relay Challenge
See the link for more details.
Phase 1 of TCW complete
We've done it! All 75 miles of the Telford Coronation Walks have been waymarked, the maps, directions and gpx files for all 23 walks are on the website, together with a downloadable spreadsheet on which you can record your progress. There are just a very few tickets left for the walk and celebration in Lilleshall on Saturday . See link. The image shows a waymark put in today on the Woodside walk.
Earlier News that is still relevant
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Trail Video
Telford College have produced an overall trail video and five 30 second shorts . Click the image to see the link for the video page
Telford Coronation Walks
Good news. We have been successful in our grant application to the Kings Coronation Celebration Fund. During 2023 we developed 23 Telford Coronation walks . They are fully documented on the TCW webpage . We hope to publish a book in Spring 2024.
Circular Walks
Spurred on by the Covid 19 restrictions we have made progress on circular walks based on the trail, there is still more work to be done but you can see our progress by clicking the link.
Is the Trail a cycle route?
We have been asked this several times and the answer is no. It is possible to approximate the trail and the link gives an unofficial route that does this. Most is on bridleways, cycle paths and roads. There are short sections that are more dubious. Amazingly it is very close to 50 miles. All the places where the trail is left and joined are given as waypoints. This route has been tweaked a bit since first publication, after it was followed by two recreational riders on hybrids. They had to walk in places, but younger fitter riders may not need to.
Bus Services
There were significant changes to the Bus services in July 2018. The bus information on leaflets 1:2, 2, 4 and 5 is a bit out of date but AFAIK the information on the link below is correct. We found the Arriva site confusing and the on-line planner doesn't seem to deal with the new route 19 at all well. In September 2019 and Wellington Walkers are Welcome showed that the whole trail could be walked in easy stages entirely by bus from Wellington.
Flickr Group for the Trail
Follow the link for some great images
Water on the Trail
We were told that there would definitely be a water fountain near Telford Town Centre visitor centre by Easter 2020. This is now on hold. Follow the link for a list of refill stations on or very near to the trail.
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