Country Walks

Brinklow

Near Brinklow

Monks Kirby

leaflet Two: This leafl et has been produced by the • Brinklow Sport & recreation Development Section of the leisure Services Division • Monks Kirby & of rugby Borough Council. • Leamington Hastings For further information or queries, please & Hill contact the active lifestyles Offi cer on 01788 533721, by email on activelifestyles@ rugby.gov.uk , or visit the Council’s website at www.rugby.gov.uk and click on leisure and Culture. walk produced January 2007. Leamington Hastings

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This leafl et gives details of short circular walks • The walks cross roads that may at times be of between 2.5 to 3 miles in the countryside very busy, and you should exercise great key around rugby. They utilise easy to follow caution when crossing them. Where there is Bw – bridleway routes along footpaths, bridleways and quiet not a suitable pavement, footpath or verge, FP - footpath country lanes, and provide an enjoyable walk on the right-hand side of the road so that Tl/lT – turn left/left turn way to improve your health and get to know you can see oncoming traffi c. Tr/rT – turn right/right turn the countryside. Please read the general • The walks cross farmland - keep dogs on a l – left information section below, which provides lead, do not drop litter, leave gates as you fi nd r – right Sa – straight ahead important information. them, and keep to the route. HTl/HTr – hedge to your left/hedge to • Car parking is not always available in the • Allow suffi cient time to carry out the walk in your right immediate vicinity of the stated starting daylight and carry liquid to keep hydrated. ST – stile point. Park considerately, and remember that • Wear appropriate clothing and footwear - Fg – fi eld gate the walks can be joined at any point on the footpaths and bridleways can vary between Pg – pedestrian gate route. wet and muddy and dry and dusty, and in FB – footbridge places vegetation may encroach on the paths. Please note that these walk are undertaken at your Leamington Hastings and Hill Pailton and Monks Kirby own risk, and are suitable only for adults (children This walk has gentle slopes in places, and uses footpaths An easy walk that doesn’t take too long, and has the should be accompanied). Information is correct as at over farm fields. The walk crosses country lanes in places, benefit of pubs at both ends of the route. This walk is October 2006. The maps are not to scale, and distances and although the roads are generally quiet, extra care circular, with some gentle slopes in places, and uses and walk times given are approximate. should be taken at these locations (indicated in the text). footpaths and a bridleway over farm fields, with some Walk length - about 2.5 miles walking on paths in both villages. Brinklow Time required - about 50 – 75 minutes Walk length - about 2.5 miles Street parking is available on Broad Street, the main Starting point - outside All Saints Church in Leamington Time required - allow 50 - 75 minutes street in the village. The walk uses an easy to follow route Hastings. Parking - on the street at Leamington Hastings Starting point - at the end of Bell Lane in Monks Kirby, on bridleways and a country lane, which is generally or Hill. No toilets or pubs. opposite the Denbigh Arms. Parking - on the street at quiet, but where extra care should be taken. The walk is Pailton or Monks Kirby. No toilets. almost all flat, with only very gentle undulations. The route Pubs Pailton - The White Lion Walk length - about 3 miles • Walk down the hill for a short distance and TR into a Monks Kirby - The Bell and The Denbigh Arms. Time required - allow 60 - 90 minutes lane, past a telephone box on your left. Starting point - on Heath Lane where it meets Coventry • Continue along the lane and shortly before the end, The route Road in Brinklow, opposite the Bull’s Head pub. TL over a ST on the left running between two houses. • At the end of Bell Lane (facing the main road), TR Parking – on Broad Street (the main street in Brinklow) After a short distance cross a second ST into a field. along the footpath by the road (towards Ullesthorpe • TR along a wide farm track (HTR), following it SA The route on the direction sign on the triangular green), turning until it goes between two hedges about 15 yards • Walk down Heath lane using the footpath on the right right along Brockhurst Lane. Continue past the Revel apart to a ST straight ahead of you. hand side of the road, changing over to the left hand School and then the Roman Catholic church of St. • Cross the ST and continue along the field edge HTL( ). side where the path runs out after Potter’s Close. When Joseph’s, both on the right. Shortly before reaching When you reach the field corner, turn sharp right, the path ends, continue down the lane, and when you the edge of the village, TR between two houses continuing along the field edge HTL( ). reach a BW in a gateway on the left, go through the along a footpath. The footpath goes between the • At the next field corner, ignore the ST in front of you gate. The BW goes between hedgerows, opening up gardens and then comes to a ST in a post and rail and again turn sharp right and follow the field edge occasionally to give good views over the fields. fence, taking you into a farm field. (HTL). • Carry on until you reach a “crossroad” where • The footpath now takes a straight line off to the right • At the next field corner cross the ST and cross the bridleways turn both left and right off the main route towards a bridge over a stream about 300 yards next field diagonally to the far right corner – aim for – take the RT up a slope. Continue until the track away, going to the left of a group of trees on the the farm buildings to the left of a white house at the reaches a gate, and walk to the left of it. The BW edge of Monks Kirby school field – if you can’t see the top of the hill ahead of you - and cross a wooden goes both left and right at this point – take the RT bridge, aim for the left of the fence that surrounds bridge over a ditch and then a ST. TL and continue and follow the BW, which continues between trees. the sewage farm ahead of you. along the field edge HTL( ). • After about 100 yards it turns sharply right, and about • Go over the bridge, and walk about 25 yards across • At the top of the field TR to go over a ST about 30 90 yards after, sharply left. Continue along the BW to the metal fence that surrounds the sewage farm. yards from the field corner and go straight across the until it reaches a gateway, and go through the gate Follow the fenceline, keeping it to your right, and field, then through a metal field gate into a small onto Heath Lane. Continue along the lane to return to where it ends, go through a gap in the field corner farmyard. Cross the farmyard, through another the starting point. and continue, this time with a HTR. This walk is covered by Ordnance Survey map no. metal gate onto a driveway, and follow it to the road. • Continue until you reach a ST in the hedge on your 222 in the Explorer series and number 140 in the This is the small village of Hill. right. Go over the ST, and then a FB on the other side Landranger series. • Cross straight over the lane into the lane opposite of it, and TL along the field boundary, keeping the (Leamington Hastings School will be to your right), and HTL. When you reach a metal field gate in the field Ansty Monks Kirby carry on past the houses until you reach a gate. Cross corner, cross the ST next to it, and TR along the field over a ST to the right of the gate, and carry on along a boundary, keeping the HTR. In the field corner, cross M6 Pailton track; when it forks off to the right, with a gate across the ST and follow the path between the gardens of Stretton it, turn left and go through a small wooden gate into two houses to the end to reach a wooden garden under Fosse a small field. The FP goes slightly to the left across the gate (beside a red phone box in the garden on the field, and over aST in the boundary ahead of you. left), which takes you onto the main road through

Brinklow • Turn immediately R over another ST up the slope Pailton opposite the White Lion pub. TR along the Easenhall Harborough along the field boundary with the HTR. In the field path for a short distance, and TR through the car Magna corner, go through a small gate into a green lane park of the Pailton Ex-Servicemen’s Club, to access B4112 with a HTR and a tree plantation to the left. Soon a tarmac bridleway. The path runs between a fence B4455 after, cross a ST into a field and head for the far and a hedge, and is easy to follow. Continue until the Little boundary, gradually converging with the hedge on BW becomes first a concrete road, and then a tarmac Bretford Lawford A428 your right. When you reach the corner, ignore the ST lane that runs past The Bell Inn on the left, which A428 Brandon Church Lawford Long on the right, which takes you back onto the road, and takes you back to the start. Lawford cross the one straight ahead into a small field. This walk is covered by Ordnance Survey map no. Wolston • Keep to the field boundary with the HTR, and in the 222 in the Explorer series and number 140 in the field corner, cross a plank bridge over a ditch and Landranger series. then over a ST into another field. Rugby • Carry on along the field boundary until you reach a ST (where the hedge kinks to the left) that takes you Stretton on A45 onto the road by the Leamington Hastings village Dunsmore sign. If you want to, you can simply TL along the road Feedback please! to return to the start, but to keep off the road, cross We’ve done our best to provide a leaflet that is clear and Dunchurch the lane and go over a plank bridge and then a ST Thurlaston accurate, and describes rides that you will enjoy. However, Princethorpe into a field. M45 we are always seeking to improve what we do, and we Frankton Draycote • The FP goes very slightly off to the left to a metal field Draycote therefore welcome any comments or suggestions you Water gate in a wire fence on the far side, and after about have regarding any aspect of this leaflet. Our contact another 50 yards, over a ST to the left of a metal field Marton details are on the back panel of this leaflet. gate to take you to Birdingbury Road in Leamington Birdingbury A426 Hastings. TL up the hill to return to the start. O.S. Copyright statement: Persons viewing this mapping should contact A423 Leamington The Ordnance Survey derived map included Ordnance Survey copyright for advice where Hastings This walk is covered by Ordnance Survey map no. within this publication is provided by Rugby they wish to licence ordnance Survey mapping Borough Council under licence from the Ord- for their own use. Hill 222 in the Explorer series and number 151 in the nance Survey in order to fulfil its public func- ©Crown Copyright all rights reserved. tion to publicise local services. 100019417 Rugby Borough Council 2007 Landranger series.