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West Midlands Region

Stratford-On-Avon

Welcombe Hills & Clopton Park – View of the Valley loop from Snitterfield

Hiking trails & Routes

West Midlands Region

Stratford-On-Avon

Welcombe Hills & Clopton Park – View of the Valley loop from Snitterfield

Easy

5.0

(2)

18

hikers

Welcombe Hills & Clopton Park – View of the Valley loop from Snitterfield

01:41

6.05km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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2.73 km

Bluecap Covert

Forest

2

3.24 km

Welcombe Hills & Clopton Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Welcombe Hills and Clopton Park offer delightful walks through grassland and woodland. Woolly thistle, quaking-grass and the diminutive adder’s-tongue grow in the grasslands where ant hills created by yellow meadow ants are a distinctive feature. The woodland contains oak, horse-chestnut and beech with English elm. Birds are plentiful, with great spotted woodpecker, sparrowhawk, little owl, treecreeper and finches enjoying the woodland where ravens breed in spring. Brimstone butterflies are numerous in the spring sunshine.

History of the Welcombe Hills: a Shakespearean tale

The reserve may have got its name from a historic well found here with its inscription 'SJC 1686'. Margaret, daughter of William Clopton who died in 1592 supposedly drowned here. It was around this time that Shakespeare was writing his famous play, Hamlet, and its believed that this tragic event provided the inspiration for his 'Ophelia' and her lonely death.

Tip by

3

4.02 km

View of Stratford-upon-Avon from the Welcombe Obelisk

Highlight • Viewpoint

Welcombe Hills and Clopton Nature Reserve is a lovely area for relaxing walks.

Tip by

4

4.70 km

View of the Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

B

6.05 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.62 km

1.36 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.87 km

1.36 km

1.04 km

706 m

< 100 m

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