The Hope Valley Nature Reserve is located on the A488, approximately 10 miles South West of Shrewsbury.

Park in the Nature Reserve’s car park, consult the information board and then walk back to the road and turn right at the car park entrance. Walk about 20 or 30 meters until you come to a smaller road, turning left away from the main road at a shallow angle. The stream here runs under the road. Walk upstream for a few meters and you will be in the fossil hunting area.

Fossils can also be found in shale outcrops in the stream bank directly in front of the nature reserve entrance. The water here is a bit deeper than further upstream though, so be careful.

Hope Valley Nature Reserve Sign