3.4 miles (5.4 km)
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Directions
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1: Go through the gate in the south-west corner of The Woodman car park and follow the footpath as it heads SSW. Cross a wooden bridge, go through another gate, and follow the path until it crosses another wooden footbridge. (300m)
2: After the bridge go through a gate on your left and turn right, following a path with the field on your left. Continue as the path bends to the left until you reach a gap in the hedge on the right. (200m)
3: Go through the gap, cross a small stream, and follow the path uphill heading SW with the field on your left and the hedgerow on your right. (250m)
4: After 80m the path veers left heading diagonally uphill towards a tree on the left. Continue SW with the woodland on your right and the field on your left until you reach a gate leading to Grubbs Lane. (410m)
5: Turn right and walk along the lane. (230m)
6: Soon after Westfield Lodge, take a footpath on your right. Cross the fields walking diagonally NNW heading to the left of the pylon. Continue through another field heading for the woods and follow the path as it curves first left, then reaches an area where farm equipment and building material is stored. (610m)
7: Turn left and head SW with the hedgerow on your right and the field on your left, cross a field and emerge on Grubbs Lane. (380m)
8: Turn right, then right on Woodside Lane and head NW. After 220m take the right fork and continue along Woodside Lane until you meet Wildhill Road. (570m)
9: Turn right on Wildhill Road and take the first bridleway on the left. This is Green Street. Follow this tree-lined bridleway as it heads NW, then NE, then E. (1km)
10: After 1km you will reach a bridleway junction. Ignore the bridleway on your right and continue E until you reach West End Lane. (850m)
11: Turn right and head S, following the lane to the T-junction. Turn left and return to The Woodman car park. (600m)