Cleobury Country Walk 19: The Court Circular

Walk directions

1. Start

   From the pub turn right up the main road for about 20 metres and left along a tarmac lane signed ‘No Through Road’. Pass bungalow on right and continue along grass track, into path between trees. Continue over a stile and into a field. Continue in same direction with hedge on left. Pass a gate and continue to go over a waymarked stile by gate.

2. Step 2

   Veer slightly left downhill to trees and over footbridge. Continue in same direction across field and over stile in opposite hedge. Continue in same direction through meadow to the left of wooden pylons. You will see below you on the left the ELAN VALLEY PIPELINE.

3. Step 3

   Continue with wooden fence on your left to a stile into a service road alongside a row of mobile homes. The road turns left, then right, to exit onto a lane. Turn left along lane and ignore right turn. Go over Ford at EARLS DITTON.

4. Step 4

   Continue uphill and up steps on the right into trees and over stile into a field. Turn right and keeping field boundary on the right, pass a pond, through a gate at bend and uphill still with field edge to your right to a track.

5. Step 5

   Go over stile on other side of track and diagonally left across field to hedge. Go right with hedge on your left to stile on left with bungalow ahead. Go over stile onto lane at bend. Go right along lane passing farm buildings and black & white farmhouse on your right. Where lane bends right go through waymarked gate on left. 

6. Step 6

   First keep field edge to your right then drop downhill away from edge across field to cross footbridge in trees ahead. Now uphill across brow of field to go over stile ahead.

7. Step 7

   Go in same direction across field and over a stile. Go right along field edge, over stile and diagonally left to stile in field corner onto lane. Go left along lane to road (A4117).

8. Step 8

   Cross road and through right hand gate opposite. Keep hedge on left to a gap. Turn left through gap, keeping hedge on your right over two stiles to a lane. Take lane slightly to the left opposite. Pass Hillocks farm and continue downhill to another farm on left and take waymarked path at field gate on the left beyond.

9. Step 9

   Go right downhill to Footbridge. Continue in same direction uphill to gate in corner of field. Now straight ahead to gate onto lane. Turn left along lane to pass entrances to HOPTON COURT and the BOTFIELD CHAIR on the right.

10. Step 10

    Continue along the lane to Hopton Wafers, passing ST MICHAELS CHURCH on the right. Ignore road on the right. Turn left at next road junction back to the pub.