Cheswardine Walks – Walk 4 – Lipley, Chipnell Lees & Hales

Walk directions

1. Step 1

   Turn right at the Parish Hall into Podmore Road. At the end turn left into Cheswardine High Street. Carry straight on towards the church and turn right into Church Lane.

2. Step 2

   At the T Junction opposite Cheswardine Hall, turn right.

3. Step 3

   Turn immediately left through a gate after the gatehouse. Follow a straight line crossing several fields via stiles and kissing gates. Skirt the wood keeping it to the left.

4. Step 4

   Cross Moss Lane and head for Lipley Farm. Turn right over a stile opposite the farmhouse following the way markers around the farm to the bottom of a field, go over the stile, and continue straight on across the track then head diagonally left for the corner of the field onto the road.

5. Step 5

   Cross a stile opposite into the field. Head diagonally left across the field to a stile in the middle of the fence. Carry on diagonally left towards Chipnall Mill Farm on the left. Follow the way markers up the hill crossing 2 fields onto the concrete road.

6. Step 6

   Turn left and keep left where the road goes straight ahead. Pass Nook Farm on the right and Keeper's Cottage on the left. To the left there are magnificent views over the valley. Cross the stream at the edge of Lloyd Drumble and carry straight on to Hales. There are some lovely cottages on the right hand side.

7. Step 7

   Take a left turn at the triangle and follow the road down towards The Lloyd.

8. Step 8

   Turn right at a lane at the bottom of the hill with a cottage on the corner, following the bridle path through a wooded area. The lane opens out into a wide grassy path.

9. Step 9

   Cross a stile and follow the stream to Johnson's Wood Farm. Skirt the Farm, cross a stile then head for Johnson's Wood Farm barn area, carrying on straight ahead keeping the drive to the left and the hedge to the right.

10. Step 10

    Turn left onto Tag Lane and immediately right along the track to Cheswardine Park Farm.

11. Step 11

    About half way down turn left into the field over the insulated electric fence. Go straight across the field heading for the corner. Go through a gate keeping the wooded area to the left.

12. Step 12

    Enter Lawn Drumble and exit via a stile and head towards the next wooded area.

13. Step 13

    Keeping the wooded area on the left, carry on along the path which runs into Lawn Lane. Go straight ahead through the village and turn right into Podmore Road on the right and the Parish Hall is located on the left.