Yearlet

The walk up Yearlet from Church Stretton is short but surprisingly steep - you're looking at maybe forty minutes if you take it steady, considerably less if you're used to hills. It's not a peak that demands hours of your day, which is precisely why it works so well as a half-morning sortie while based at one of the nearby campsites.

What you get at the top is a proper viewpoint across the Shropshire hills. On a clear day the vistas stretch well beyond the immediate moorland, and the climb itself takes you through heather and gorse that gives the walk a bit more character than you'd expect from something this modest. The terrain is rough underfoot in places - wear proper boots - but nothing technical.

This is walker territory primarily. It's the sort of peak families with young kids might find frustrating given the steepness relative to the reward, though older children comfortable on moorland will get on fine. History types won't find much at Yearlet itself, but it sits within the Long Mynd landscape, which tells a different story altogether.

Free to access, naturally - it's open country. Most people slot this in with other walks in the Church Stretton area rather than making it a destination in itself. Small Batch Camp Site sits just a mile away, making it genuinely convenient if you're camping locally. Head up in the afternoon, bag the walk before dinner. It's efficient rather than grand, which sometimes is exactly what a walking holiday needs.