Roundton Hill
Time walk
Take a walk through time at this reserve. An Iron Age hillfort once dominated the peak - you’ll see why if you walk to the top – and, in a different century miners underground chased seams of lead and barites. Special habitats now cover the hard, barren landscape left by the mining activity. Ash, oak and rowan and gorse grow on scree, and horseshoe and Daubenton’s bats roost in the old adits.
Directions to the reserve: Roundton Hill is found at grid reference SO293947. Approaching from Welshpool, as you enter Churchstoke, turn left over the bridge, then first left signposted towards Old Churchstoke (Brown Duck sign). Follow the road for 1 mile, turn right, follow the road for another mile, then turn right and follow this lane until you come to the reserve entrance gate. The nearest facilities are in the village of Churchstoke on the A489.
