Cleobury Country Walks: Walk 2 – Over the Water to Worcestershire

Walk directions

1. Start

   From the Church, cross the road using the crossing point opposite the Pharmacy. Turn left and then right down Lion Lane and through a kissing gate at the bottom.

2. Step 2

   Go right, through gap in hedge and diagonally uphill to a stile into the next field. Go diagonally left uphill, over a stile then diagonally right over another stile (note the allotments directly ahead). Continue in the same direction going downhill.

3. Step 3

   Go through a gate and right along a track. In the next field, veer left to go diagonally uphill across a field past a large oak tree. At the top go over a stile into another field.

4. Step 4

   Continue with the field boundary on your left. Go through a gate to spectacular views over the Teme Valley. Continue in the same direction downhill. Go through a gate and left to follow a track to REASIDE MANOR. Please respect the privacy of the residents of this private house as you continue through the property and into a field.

5. Step 5

   Go left past a tree house then downhill, through a gate, across a field and over a footbridge (over the RIVER REA). Once over the river you are in Worcestershire.

6. Step 6

   Go diagonally right across the field to a gate in the far corner. After the gate, veer left and shortly the path turns left down a sunken track to the Bayton road.

7. Step 7

   Turn left along the lane to another bridge over the River Rea and back into Shropshire. Continue for about half a mile to a farm track on your right at the top of the hill.

   For a longer walk join another walk – The Mawley Hall Tour – at point 8 turn right down the track (instead of continuing along the road) and follow the instructions for the Mawley Hall tour from step 4  on that walk.

8. Step 8

   Continue along the lane for another 5 minutes until the lane goes steeply downhill and sharp right.

9. Step 9

   Do not go right but forward along a footpath and right over a stile into a wooded area. Follow the path alongside the brook and uphill to another stile. Go uphill along a narrow field, and over a stile at the top.

10. Step 10

    Continue in the same direction. The steeple of Cleobury Church should now be visible. Go through a gap with a seat to your left and a view over Cleobury. Go downhill to the kissing gate you went through at the start of the walk.