Ed Paice
27.12.2024
Ran up here on Boxing Day 2024. Incredible views above the clouds with the early morning winter sun.
The way up from the car park is the way to go, the other way with the switchbacks is very rutted and muddy with fallen trees so not easy for everyone.
The tower wasn’t open unsurprisingly but the views were just as good.
Paul Vidler
01.11.2024
Interesting tower on Wenlock Edge. Amazing views from the top. Well worth the walk up.
Matthew Mason
29.10.2024
On holiday and lucky to be able to get up the tower. Great views.
Rich Strang
29.09.2024
Great walk up the steep route then down the gentle route. Very friendly volunteer keepings visitor numbers in order and everyone safe.
M Hatt
20.09.2024
Go the easy way up cos the other option is virtually vertical. Nice walk and lovely views when you get there.
John Hutchinson
15.09.2024
When they say steep route…..they mean STEEP!! Take the easy route, much more pleasant
tez p
05.09.2024
Nice walk. Lots of stairs to the top bit worth it for the view
148 Julie
17.08.2024
A nice Folly with two approach paths, one very wild and not well kept, the other nice through the wood, a little steep but worth the climb. Very disappointed that the folly wasn’t open when we arrived, but a couple of ladies appeared to be given a private view !! Enthusiastically they told us what great views were to be had from the tower, but alas no offer to share with us. Felt like a poor show really, especially with the tourist sign proclaiming the tower is for all to enjoy.
Meirion Woolf
30.07.2024
Brilliant place fabulous views 👏
Lee Carter
28.07.2024
A lovely walk up to the folly on a glorious day. The folly was open with a volunteer giving information and history. Very Interesting but the surrounding paths were very overgrown. We couldn't find the trig point.
Andy78L
20.02.2024
Beautiful
Benjamin Webster
29.10.2023
Beautiful walks up either side of the hill, and the view is well worth it at the top. The tower is open on the last Sunday of each month.
Jonathan David Pope
04.08.2023
Nice short walk, but I would avoid the steep route unless you are young, very agile, and adventurous. It's a difficult scramble, not a walk.
Brian selley
31.07.2023
Steady walk up through the woods to flounders folly. Always see it from the a49 but have never been up there
Tobin Dean
03.02.2018
Beautiful view well worth going on a day when it's open.
Matthew S
13.04.2023
Great spot not far from Cravern arms. Only open to climb up the last Sunday of the month and bank holidays. Donations welcome.
Joel Grant-Jones
07.04.2023
Lovely up here! Recommend getting up here for sunrise! Allow 30min to climb from the road, very slippery and wet. Or, borrow a horse!
if we weren’t in a rush to leave for home today, I’d plan a long walking route after this at sunrise.
Paula Pardoe
11.02.2023
Parked at the bottom of the folly, and took the easier way up, really not steep at all (if you’re worried). Walked back down over the path at the front of the tower, for a bit of variety. Steep in parts, but ends up on the road, where you you turn right to return to the car park at the base of the folly. Fantastic views.
Faisal Althabit
28.08.2022
Founders folly
kimmi
16.08.2022
Nice walk. Recommend going up the steep part then walking down the easy route. Very much rewarding
Keith Benton
21.07.2022
Wonderful views of South Shropshire and beyond.
High Miler
12.06.2022
Was not open when i visited but i wasn't expecting it to be as you can check online and theres also a board at the bottom with the opening times for 2022 on it.
Only reason its not 5 stars is because its open so little. It would be nice for it to be open on saturdays when most people are out and about on days out and etc.
However it is a very nice walk up and around the area. Nice and quiet.
Tiago Delazari
24.05.2022
Nice view, I recommend to see the schedule to visit the tower before the visit
Tom „Mowgli“ Curtis
26.04.2022
Absolutely stunning views , at Flounders' Folly!!
Lewis Parker-Channing
24.04.2022
Of all the random towers on top of hills in the middle of nowhere I have encountered, this is in the top 10. Do not take the steep climb up to it, its seriously undersold and becomes cliff like at the very top.
Gareth Evans
22.03.2022
A great little walk, even if you take route direct,(1/5steep) some good information and history at the top, is open once a month so always worth being there when it is....
the bill
02.01.2022
No folly this but an applaudable asset for generations past, present and still to come - a bit like Christmas really. What foresight the good Mr Flounders had and he never 'quaked' at the challenge. Only slight challenge for us today is the climb up the steel steps inside the tower that transport us to the viewing area at the top, which slopes and could be slippery when wet. Great views and imagined views on a cloudy winter's day. Best to check opening times on the website as the tower is only opened for one or two days each month. Let's hear it for the good egg, Mr Flounders 👏
Rick Asquith
19.10.2021
Nice place to visit although we could not access the tower.
Paul Martin
31.07.2021
Nice morning walk from Strefford despite it being muddy and the paths quite overgrown.
clive coxon
25.04.2021
One man's folly is another man's viewing platform. On a clear day, it's worth the a visit for the all round sights of Shropshire's AONB.
