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for Dundry Hill and its slopes. For information on its activities and details of further walks further of details and activities its on information For slopes. its and Hill Dundry for

The Dundry Hill Group has provided information for this walk. This is a community group dedicated to caring caring to dedicated group community a is This walk. this for information provided has Group Hill Dundry The

CREDITS AND FURTHER INFORMATION FURTHER AND CREDITS

There are a variety of pubs and cafes in Chew Magna. Chew in cafes and pubs of variety a are There

PUBLIC HOUSES/CAFES EN ROUTE EN HOUSES/CAFES PUBLIC

High Street. Ask the driver if you are unsure of its location. location. its of unsure are you if driver the Ask Street. High

At Chew Magna, get off the bus at the Bear and Swan Pub in the the in Pub Swan and Bear the at bus the off get Magna, Chew At

Please refer to the Chew Valley Explorer leaflet for the timetable or phone Traveline on 0870 6082608. 0870 on Traveline phone or timetable the for leaflet Explorer Valley Chew the to refer Please

Take the 672/674 Chew Valley Explorer service from Bristol Bus Station to Cheddar via The Chew Valley. Chew The via Cheddar to Station Bus Bristol from service Explorer Valley Chew 672/674 the Take PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION TRANSPORT PUBLIC

Distance: 2 miles Walking Time: 1 hour 30 Chew Valley Circular GRADE : Easy/Moderate 3

This is a circular walk exploring the delightful village of Maps: Chew Magna and the valley of the River Chew. This Explorer 155 Bristol and Bath is bound by the Mendips to the south and Dundry 1:25 000 scale Hill to the north. Chew Magna has many fine and grand houses, reflecting its past as a Landranger 172 Bristol & Bath prosperous cloth-making village. 1:50 000 scale

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PLACES AND FEATURES OF INTEREST

Monument to John de Hautville

Look out for the strange monument to John de Hautville in Chew Magna Church. He was a bold and valiant warrior, standing seven feet tall, who served Edward III during the Hundred Years War. He was rewarded for his service by being given the Royal Manor of Norton. Finding it such a poor place he renamed it Norton-Mal-Reward. Church House in grounds of Chew Magna Church His 16th century tomb is wrongly ascribed to the right of Henry III. 15th Century bridge over River Chew Chew Magna Tun Bridge

Chew Magna was once a prosperous town with This is an excellent example of a 15th manufacturing and even its own gas works. Its century bridge, note the three pointed arches. importance began in medieval times when the Look out for the stone trough on the left-hand Bishop of Bath and Wells established a retreat side. When the village was infected with here. A small part of this summer palace still smallpox villages left money in this trough to survives at Chew Court. The church, with its pay farmers who brought food to the bridge. fine 15th century tower has much of interest The trough was filled with vinegar in an and Church House, a 16th century building attempt to prevent the spread of the disease. inside the churchyard, has served many purposes; these include church ales, a school room, poor house and a pest house. It is now imaginatively refurbished as a community centre. View of river near Battle Lane

At Battle Lane turn right and Turn left past the water pump on the church After the bridge take the stile on the follow the road. Take the lower wall, go along Silver Street to Harford Square. left, bearing right to the next stile and road crossing ford by footbridge, Turn right along the road over Spratts bridge cross Chew/Pensford Road. Walk up Go up the hill and under a ll i and take path on left following Winford Brook n e the drive to the main house gates, footbridge to the main road. H La n to road. n bear right and follow the path to the r rto u No b churchyard. Take the path on the right e C m h i to smaller gate and walk down the road. e L w Chew H Magna 30 w 5 i 31 l B e l h

Battle Lne Battle C Silver Street r Turn left into the High Street R ive W Reservoir 4 inf and continue until you meet or 6 d High Street 1 Opposite Fisher Lodge, go over several stone toadstools. Ro ad Highfield Tunbridge Rd the stile and follow footpath House 7 3 over 4 wooden stiles. At the Dumper's Lane bottom of the field turn left to Turn right just before the the bridge, and go over the stone toadstools and left over the e n 2 stile. The bridge was built by the a two bridges continuing on to L M lord of Chew Court to avoid w o Dumper's Lane. At junction e o h r paying a toll at Chew Magna. C le turn left along Tunbridge Road d g e and return to the village centre R o for buses back to Bristol. ad e n

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y n n After getting off the bus walk Chew Stoke e D along the High Street to the Key T-junction by the chapel. Cross public house Tunbridge Road to the raised circular walk footpath and turn right past the fire station. other paths field boundary Chew Valley Lake road N waterway 0m 500m 1km urban area © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Bristol City Council. 100023406. 2005