Cleobury Country Walk 8: The Cleobury Wiggle

Walk directions

1. Step 1

   For the longer route:

   From St Mary’s Church, take the path between the Church and the Market Hall (Visitor Information point). Continue between high hedges with the OLD JUNIOR SCHOOL on your right to a road. Cross and continue passing the OLD INFANT SCHOOL on the right.

2. Step 2

   Turn left down a narrow path between houses.  Follow this to the end of a cul-de-sac and then continue to a road junction. Cross to take the footpath almost opposite to pass school buildings on the right. At the end of the school buildings turn left down steps and follow the path to the Main Road.

3. Step 3

   Cross the road and go left then right at a crossroads (Tenbury Road). As the road bends right go left into Eagle Lane. At the bottom of the slope, where the lane goes left uphill, go over stile. Continue forward alongside gardens to a kissing gate.

4. Step 4

   Go uphill away from the town to a seat at the top and view back over Cleobury.  Continue forward in the same direction across a field with farm buildings on your left. Once over the next stile turn left down a track, through a farm gate and to a road.

5. Step 5

   Turn left along the road, passing one stile on the right after about 150metres, continue for about 5 minutes, to a house then stile on the right. Go over the stile and diagonally left across a field to stable buildings, over a stile and then through a gate to a track.

6. Step 6

   Turn right along this track and continue to the right of a bungalow as it becomes a grassy path. Continue downhill through a gate to PINKHAM.

7. Step 7

   Go left along the lane, passing the old mill and continue to a junction with the medical centre opposite. Turn right up to the main road. Turn left and shortly, cross the road to go right down New Road. As the road bends left, go straight on into Rockley Bank.

8. Step 8

   At the end, take the footpath which goes downhill, through a kissing gate to go over a footbridge over the River Rea. Turn left and with the river on your left pass the ruins of the PAPERMILLS. Continue to another footbridge.

9. Step 9

   Cross back over the river and then go left along a lane keeping the river on your left and then steeply uphill. Halfway up the hill, take a footpath on your left above the river.  Continue up steps into a close.

10. Step 10

    At the end of the close, turn right then as the road bends right go straight ahead into a cul-de-sac to take a footpath in the top left hand corner. At the end, turn left then immediately right along a narrow lane. At the end, turn left to return to the church.