Failand Wocds April 2019
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This is a Grade 4 walk approx 3½ miles PORTISHEAD STROLLERS FAILAND WOODLANDS An additional walk on Monday April 8th Meet at 10:15 in the car park of Failand Village Hall which is located on the Clevedon - Bristol road, past Tyntesfield and just past The Failand Inn. Turn left at the cross roads on which the Post Office and van sales company is sited. Please park considering other users of the hall. Starting from Failand Village Hall, we walk across fields to Green Lane. There may be livestock in these fields, including horses, so anyone bringing a dog is advised to walk up Clevedon Road and turn left down Green Lane to rejoin the main group. From here we turn down towards Failand Farm. We skirt the farm house, turning off the lane leading to Ferney Row, dropping down then climbing up to a ridge following the route of the Gordano Round for a short stretch. We then turn left and left again descending towards Mulberry Farm. Here we go back into West Tanpit Wood before a short but steep climb leading towards Oxhouse Lane. We cross the lane and walk across fields and along the edge of MEET HERE AT Failand & Portbury Cricket Club. We FAILAND emerge onto Horse Race Lane, then head VILLAGE HALL across fields to Failand Lodge Farm and CLEVEDON back down to the Village Hall. This walk is much less muddy than the previous route and all the stiles have been replaced BRISTOL with gates. BELMONT HILL Contains Ordnance Survey data © and database right 2013 North Somerset www.go4life.org.