Simon Evans Way – Southern Section

Walk directions

1. Start

   From the car park at Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer cross the cricket pitch ahead to enter the field known as Workhouse Bank.

2. Step 2

   Bear right before the twin oaks down the field steps to cross small stream. At Cleanly Seat Farm turn left through kissing gate, then cross road to follow track to Musbatch, 16th century farmhouse. Keep directly forward to Bank Top Farm. This is a section of Jack Mytton long distance bridleway.

3. Step 3

   Ahead until road, left uphill, first right onto track to pass Keepers Cottage. Through gate on right downhill on permissive path to follow bank of river Rea to stile onto footbridge. Keep beside river, through gate to white footbridge. Left uphill to go through gate in hedge, through next gate, round the pond of black and white timbered, Grade II listed Reaside Farm.

   Left at hedge following field boundary to trees ahead on horizon, turn right to regain Jack Mytton Way. Cross Titford Bridge up steps, left onto track through open gates to see ahead timbered new house. Left through gate onto road to T-junction at Detton Barns. Pause to take in views of the Clees.

4. Step 4

   Retrace steps keeping on the road downhill until right hand bend to kissing gate entering Goesland nature reserve with well signposted route, passing stone cottage built in 1600’s and remains of old steam driven sawmill beyond the orchard, crossing the line of the Railway.

5. Step 5

   Cross stile into open field looking for fingerpost near river then cross bridge soon crossing farm road to stile beside gate. Follow riverbank for some distance crossing deep stream inlet via bridge.  Continue to white footbridge opposite Reaside Farm passed on outward route.

6. Step 6

   Go straight ahead to cross through copse and across further stream (take care) then gradually uphill to stile, then gate towards driveway posts to Chilton. Turn left along driveway out right into road downhill past Old School House.

7. Step 7

   Uphill to church and continue straight ahead along farm track passing Lower Neen Farm Grade II, originally 16th century cottage. Keep on track crossing Elan Valley waterline to Walfords Bridge.

8. Step 8

   Left to go up steep Ronhill where at top on right after Orchard End is Simon Evans house (lions on gateposts).

9. Step 9

   Continue to third right the Hurst, bearing right after the old infant and junior schools. Turn left towards your start at the school car park. (Alternatively you can walk ahead down the Hurst to see ahead the Old Post Office with its’ commemorative plaque. Then left up the High Street to zebra crossing, through Talbot Yard, left at the top and right at the mini roundabout to your start).