If you’re coming here for the walking then you could be spoiled for choice as two major national trails – Offa’s Dyke and Glyndwr’s Way – meet here. There is also an interesting town trail where you can absorb everything of note around the town and take a peek at a couple of castles mounds to boot.
In the Offa’s Dyke Centre, there’s an intriguing free interactive display which shows the Dyke – the vast barrier ordered by King Offa to define the western limit of Mercia and constructed between A.D. 757 and 796. The Offa’s Dyke National Trail, which stretches some 177 miles in total, has several routes close to Knighton which enables walkers to tread some of the path, and packs are available locally with full route details and maps.
The Glyndwr’s Way Trail came into being in the early 2000s and there are circular walks which take you around Knighton as part of the route. The Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is set at the eastern end of the town which, again, presents many delights for those who enjoy walking and enjoying the countryside.
If outer space, as opposed to green space, is more your thing, Knighton has that, too. The fascinating Spaceguard Centre is an observatory that is placed up on a hill above the town. Daily guided walks are available which explain its function in a fun and enjoyable way.
In fact, the Spaceguard Centre is quite unique – being the only organisation in the UK that deals with NEO (near Earth objects) including comets and asteroids that might, or sometimes do, collide with our planet.
