St Leonard's Circular Walk
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTRYSIDE SERVICE ‘Grow With Wyre’ is a landscape partnership, designed to encourage people to visit, understand and protect WALKS AROUND the unique landscape of Wyre Forest. WALK 5 For more information please visit WYRE www.growwithwyre.org Together we have developed nine new walks; Three are fully waymarked, six are available as downloadable maps with route description and three have the St Leonard’s added option of an audio guide. For full details on walking opportunities in Worcestershire please visit: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/countryside Start/ Finish: Blackstone Riverside Park. Circular Walk GR: SO 790742 3.5 miles St Leonard’s Circular Walk Length: 3.5 miles Parking: Blackstone Riverside Park. Meadowland, woodland, historic buildings (Free) and outstanding views are waiting to be discovered on this circular walk. En route you Gates & Stiles: 3 gates, 6 stiles. will pass Ribbesford House, St Leonards Church and Ribbesford Wood. Ribbesford House, Terrain: Riverside meadowland, now private, was once home to the Free woodland and arable fi elds. French Army under General de Gaulle during One busy road to cross, World War II, while at St Leonard’s you can some steep sections. see a Norman carving in the doorway and a Pre-Raphaelite designed stained glass window A riverside meadow, forests and from the hand of William Morris. arable fi elds allows the visitor to The walk continues through the churchyard explore a relatively small area of and onto an elevated section, a suitable placed bench offers the opportunity to rest and Worcestershire’s countryside, yet appreciate a spectacular view across the valley this small area is steeped in history to the Devil’s Spittleful.
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