Walking instructions & Map for walking from West to East & East to West
E(53) Stand on grassy track with back to kissing gate at end of Tuer Way - go R on track. Take stile [SAFETY] and go with hedge L for 50 paces, then some 20 paces R to find stile and then turn L to go with hedge L through fields to road (Stonehouse Farm).
E(54)
Turn R at road and go some 250 paces to find footpath L just before house, follow path
into sports field, go with hedge L to find field corner stile.
E(55)
Cross stile and go with hedge L
for some 50 paces to find mid fence stile. Take stile and go ahead with hedge R
through two fields to road. Over road, through gate and go with hedge L. At bend in field take stile in corner
E(56)
Head diagonally down field to bottom corner to find stile. Take stile to
road, go R 10 paces and take stile R. Go 1/4 L up steep slope to find stile at top of hill. Take stile and
go L with hedge L
E(57) Go through gap and go R to go with hedge R and follow previous heading. At top of field go L and take gate (No waymarks). Take gate follow hedge L to corner of field. 20yds past corner of field take stile into small thicket with pond on L.
E(58) Make way through tree plantation to exit by 3 bar fence stile to field. Turn L and cross field to R of large tree to stile. Cross stile follow hedge R to stile in corner of field. Cross stile go 1/2 R to stile by telegraph pole.
E(59)
Cross stile, and go with hedge R to find gate R by cottage with thatched roof.
Take gate and follow driveway to road. Cross road, over stile,
into cottage yard and over stile into field
E(60) Go with hedge R through two fields. At end of second field find fenced corner shrub. Cross fence into shrub and exit by corner into next field. Continue previous line with hedge R. At field corner find stile hidden in bushes. Cross stile and go with hedge R. Pass Kennels on L to come to road.
E(61) Turn R onto road and follow to Big Bouts Farm. Take farm drive and follow track round R through gate. Follow track, ignore gate ahead when track bend L, go to gate at end of track.
E(62)
Through gate, over stream and straight over field to stile/gate. Cross
stile and next field to stile. Cross stile, head for L of Mearse
Farm
E(63)
Take gate and go R with hedge R to find corner fence stile. Take fence
stile and go 1/2 L to mid fence stile. Cross stile and turn R through coppice to road
E(64) Turn L on road after some 200 paces take footpath L. Follow path with hedge on R. Some 80 paces before field end take gap in hedge. Through gap and follow hedge L to gate. Pass Gas compound on L to gate.
E(65) Take gate and follow track to gate to road. Cross road and take stile, go ahead with hedge R, pass through some 6 fields maintaining line. Note at bridge with numerous waymarks continue ahead. Eventually come to kissing gate leading to passageway to road.
E(66)
Go L on road to T junction. Turn
R, pass “Neville Arms”
E(67) Cross main road and take stile L of Gas sub station. Go with hedge L to exit field by stile to wood. Through wood and exit by stile into field.
E(68) Go 1/2 R to find fence. Go with fence R to find mid fence stile. Take stile and make way through wood to exit by stile on to slope. Go L 5 paces up slope then R along field edge for some 50 paces to find grassy vehicle way R down though trees to lower field. Go to L of isolated building and bend L round the base of field mound to find corner gate.
E(69) Take gate and go R down grassy vehicle way to cross drive and go with field hedge R. After second set of over head power lines take wide gap and continue ahead with hedge L. Pass through one field and in vast second field go with hedge L - do not take gaps left - some 40 paces before end of field - take wooden bridge over steam L.
E(70) Go ahead across field to go with hedge R. Exit field by far R corner gap to road.
E(71) Go R on road for some 40 paces and take secondary road L (Coughton Lane) follow lane for 1 mile to come to main A435. Cross road to find travellers monument outside Coughton Court.
(W178) Find a pedestrian crossing on main road A435 in front of Coughton Court, Close by is an ancient monument where travellers prayed. From monument cross road and go up Coughton Lane for approximately 1 mile.
(W179)
At T junction turn R on B4090 for 40
paces to find hedge gap L into field, go with hedge L. Where hedge finishes go
ahead to hedge opposite. Go R to pass bridge and stream L towards copse.
(W180)
At copse take gap L and continue ahead
with copse / hedge and follow round long field edge, at end of field
continue through next field with hedge R and after some 150 paces take large gap
R and continue ahead maintaining line with hedge L. Exit field by gate and cross
driveway. Go ahead up grassy vehicle way.
(W181)
At end of vehicle way take gate L and
bend R round base of field mound to pass to R of isolated brick building. Take
rough vehicle way leading up through trees to field, go L along field edge to
take stile into woodland, through woodland to exit stile into field. Go L to take stile some 30
paces in from left hand corner, into woodland. Exit woodland by stile and go
with hedge R to find stile to road.
(W182)
Cross main road, and take secondary road The Saltway passing “Neville Arms”
Turn L into Brandheath Lane and
follow until end of lane. Turn R into passageway, through small gate into field,
go ahead with hedge L. Take corner stile and continue ahead with hedge L to exit
by stile, maintain line ahead under power cables. Exit field by bridge to go
ahead through three gated fields to road.
(W183)
Cross road and go ahead on track to enter field bv gate, ahead with hedge
L to exit by gate. Go ahead with gas
compound on R to find field go ahead with hedge R until gap in hedge. Take gap
and maintain line ahead with hedge L to road.
(W184)
Go R on road and follow until footpath on R (Bouts). Take path
through copse until stile on L. Over style head towards 2 gates 45 degrees R
(NOT the two gates in R field corner).
Take RH gate and go ahead with hedge L to take mid field gate L. Continue ahead
with fence R and Mearse Farm on L
to
(W185)
Go ahead over field to take gate
and ahead to find gap over stream leading to 6 bar metal gate. Head up vehicle
track (ignore gate L) to come track end gate. Take gate and pass in front of farm (Bouts
Farm) to road. Go R on road. After
some 300 metres, just before Waidman Kennels take gate L up grassy passage way
leading to field. Ahead with hedge L to find hidden stile in L field corner.
Take stile and ahead with hedge on L under small power cables to exit by field
corner fence and ahead with hedge L to exit by corner stile. Go ahead with hedge
L to take stile adjacent to 5 bar gate, leading through house dive way to stile
to road (B4092)
(W186)
Cross road, through gate, down driveway, keep cottage on L. Take gate
into field. Go with hedge hedge L to exit by stile to bridge. Go 1/2 L to pass
under power lines and take stile. Go with hedge L to exit by corner stile.
Maintain line across large field to find fence leading to grassy track at end of concrete track.
(W187)
Cross fence and go up grassy track,
through wooded strip, pass under pylons, and exit by stile to field. Go
ahead to far R corner gate and ahead with hedge L, exit by field corner gap and
ahead with hedge R
(W188)
Just past corner of field take stile R down steep hill to road. Go L on
road for 10 paces to find stile L. Take stile and go 1/2 R up field to find
corner stile. Take stile and go ahead with hedge R to road. Cross road and take
gate to go ahead with hedge L, and in second field take far L corner stile and
ahead with hedge R to exit by corner stile leading to sports field.
(W189) Through sports field with hedge on R to corner. Take footpath to road. Turn R follow road to Stonehouse farm. Turn L on unmarked footpath to go with hedge R. Follow hedge round field edge to exit by stile leading to grassy track.
(W190) Follow track for some 150 paces to kissing gate at end of Tuer Way.