The walk starts from Milson Church (12C with early Norman font and tower with pyramid roof. The yew tree in the churchyard is over 1000 years old) along a country lane and over fields to follow alongside the stream to Haybridge and continuing along the stream to a footbridge and returning over fields and country lanes.
For more details on this and other walks in Cleobury Mortimer please visit the Cleobury Mortimer Footpath Association website.
Small Parking area outside Milson Church.
There can be quite a lot of cattle on this route in summer.
From MILSON CHURCH, turn right along the lane towards Neen Sollars (away from the main road) After about a third of a mile take a waymarked track on the left just before farm buildings.
After about 100 metres, veer left off track through gate (about 30 metres away almost straight ahead, after going under telephone wires). Go to left side of tree, down left side of field to stile at bottom left. Continue slightly right uphill, under telephone wires again and over brow of hill to go over stile in fence/hedgerow ahead.
Continue in same direction steeply downhill towards a river. Turn left parallel to the river and after about 100 metres through a gate. After another 200 metres, go diagonally left uphill onto a ridge.
Continue in the same direction along the ridge with trees to the right and downhill to go over a stile. Go through trees to a lane (take care of traffic).
For the shorter walk.
Turn left along the road for 100 metres to a footpath on the left steeply up a bank. Cross field diagonally right to middle of next hedgerow and over stile. Keep in same direction to far corner of field with houses beyond and stile onto lane. Turn left along lane back to the church.
For the longer walk.
Turn right along the lane and then left onto another lane. Almost immediately go left over a stile (or through gap) and keep field edge on your left to go over a double stile. Continue along field edge for some distance as it meanders uphill and around a bend to a gate with stile to left.
The path between point 5 & 7 has been diverted so will not be the same on OS maps.
Once over stile, go diagonally right across meadow gradually downhill towards a stream. Keep the stream to your left until you meet a stile with footbridge beyond. Cross the river via the footbridge.
Turn left and follow stream until fence ahead. Go right away from stream and through a wicket gate into trees. Follow winding track uphill. Once you can see open field to your left, look for a stile into this field.
Go over the stile and diagonally right uphill across a large field. Go across a dip, keeping in same direction and eventually downhill to a brook crossing.
Cross over brook, uphill and through gate (lift chain over gatepost). Follow track uphill bending left then right, and through farm gate at top. Follow track with beech hedge on right to lane.
Turn left along lane and after a few minutes walking come to T-junction where you turn right along road back to the church.
