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Walk information Distance: just over 3 miles Nestled in the heart of North is a pretty Difficulty: medium/hard – fairly hilly in parts, can get muddy and village on the edge of the . Stretch your lots of stiles. Wear suitable footwear legs by walking up these hilly paths to enjoy views for Duration: approx 2 hrs miles around. Map: This walk straddles two OS Explorer maps – 154 and 141 How to get there Go over an old wooden stile, then This leads into a field surrounded by Start at map ref: 463607 over a newer wooden trees. Turn right after the stile, (OS 154) stile, and continue then left, to walk around Car: Lower Langford is situated just across the field the edge of it. At the off the A38, near Churchill. Limited towards the end, the path turns on-street parking is available on A38 ahead. right, to run around Langford Road but more is There is a the back of some available at The Langford Inn if you stream here industrial units. pop in there for refreshments. so the field Follow this path Bus: Service 121 from Weston- can get very over two more stiles super-Mare to Wrington or Bristol muddy if it has and out onto Bath rained recently. Road. rom Langford Road, take the Exit the field via Cross the road with Fpebbled driveway a stile next care. The bridleway opposite Maysmead to a metal continues on the other side, with Lane, which runs gate. This leads out a National Trust sign for Dolebury between some onto the A38 so Warren. houses and cross the road with Follow the bridleway uphill. At a t- leads to Grove care. junction in the path (where the gates to Nurseries. Go into the field Dolebury Warren are) take the left- The public right opposite and head hand route, which continues steadily of way is a to the far left corner, upwards. This is quite a long, uphill grassy path to a gap in the section so you may need to stop and which leads hedge. Continue catch your breath. straight on, alongside ahead and in the next Continue on the rocky bridleway until the fence and past the field head towards the far left you reach a crossroads in the path, greenhouses on your left. corner again, to go over a stile. near another gate.

16 Life October 2012 Take the left hand path, marked with a Follow the public footpath stile and yellow waymarker. You are sign over the gravel track, now entering Mendip Lodge Wood. then turn right at the Keep dogs on leads during this cottages to go down the section. grassy path which runs alongside a stone wall. Follow the directions of the footpath, turning left and then right to continue Go through the wooden through the wood. You will pass the gate at the end and then now derelict Mendip follow the yellow waymarker Lodge on your across the next field. right. Head towards the This wide, gate opposite and rocky path then go across will the next field eventually again, towards narrow to the stone house. a single There is a gap in the track wooden fence so you can The driveway leads out onto Langford footpath go through here, onto the Lane. Turn left here. There is no which leads driveway. This is the drive pavement so take care when walking out onto Links which leads to Langford Court, a along here, crossing the road where Lane. Where the path grand house dating from 1651, with needed to make yourself as visible as narrows, look down to your left and additional alterations in 1875. possible to on-coming traffic. you will see a stile leading into a field. Go down and over this stile then walk along the left-hand edge of the field, next to the hedge. About a quarter of the way down the field there is a gap cut into the hedge Start and and a stile. It can be hard to spot the finish gap, so look carefully. Go over the stile and veer downhill across the field towards a metal gate which is next to a tree. Go through this gate, across the next field, and exit through the next gate. © Crown copyright and database rights 201 2 Ordnance Surve y 100023397 You are not permitted to copy, sub-license, distribute or sell this data to third parties in any form. You are now at Bath Road again, so cross the road with extreme care again, listening carefully for traffic. What could you win to use on There are a few benches on the other your X1 bus journey? side to rest your feet. www.travelwest.info/x1

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