Ledbury Loop

Ledbury Loop Ledbury Dymock Poets Bromsberrow The Dymock Poets were Rupert Brooke, Robert M5 The Old Community Frost, Lascelles Abercrombie, Edward Thomas, 3.8 miles to Ledbury Nail Shop Shop, Post Office OR Walwyn Wilfrid Wilson Gibson and John Drinkwater. and Café Arms Greenway 14 miles to They lived in or visited the village of Dymock Hereford 8 M50 in the period immediately prior to the First 28 E 13 L MILE T

World War. From here they published a journal, 9 7 O S N O U 19 Broom’s Green G H New Numbers, containing poems such as R MILE Tillers’ O Brooke's The Soldier. B4216 Bromsberrow R Green T Garland Hut 12 Heath Pendock S Much A417 RO E B4024 (Picnic area) U T Marcle 7 10

Corporal Priday 15 11 14 first British Army AED Poets Cottage Gadfield casualty of WW2 16 Ryton war memorial Elm B4208 6 St Mary’s Church Dymock Poets E Ryton F Eldersfield C Coppice Redmarley Rose & Crown exhibition at Beauchamp Redmarley Lowbands 17 St Mary’s Church Arms Inn M50 D’Abitot Chartist Cottages Dymock D Gadfield AED Elm Chapel 7.5 miles to St Bartholomew’s Tewkesbury Church N Ketford J 15 B4208 5 E 18

Hethelpit Staunton Kempley Garden Wild Daffodils Cross Centre This area has long been Kempley Staunton St village hall known as the Golden Triangle Edwards Poolhill A417 A417 B4213 for its native wild da odils B4215 Pauntley The Swan 16 (Narcissus pseudonarcissus). Kempley Compton Court In March they grow along the AED 4 Green roadside verges, carpet the Dymock Wood Gwen and Vera’s Green St John the Botloe’s I Evangelist meadows, hedgerows and Fields In spring these Green Pauntley 19 woods. Smaller than its meadows are full of wild B4211 cultivated cousin, they have Oxenhall daffodils. In autumn look out Wood AED pale yellow petals with darker for meadow saffron and Canal and Railway Betty 17 yellow trumpets. The owers spotted orchids. G The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 3 Daw’s The used to be sent to London, Wood Windover Farm is a significant piece of local heritage in the sold at the major ower Scarr Caravan Club site Collinpark Wood process of being restored on its original route markets and delivered to Queen’s Stone track along the line of the abandoned Ledbury to through B hospitals. The villages of Wood I Gloucester railway. The canal will stretch for wood Shaw Newent Golf Dymock, Kempley and H Pelerine Caravan 34 miles from Over, Gloucester to Aylestone, Common 2 Club and Lodge Oxenhall organise special & Camping Site M50 Three 20 Hereford, passing through Malswick and da odil weekends with Ashes Newent. guided walks and teas. Hay 18 Wye Wood -on- 27 Upleadon Ross Oxenhall Newent J3 1 26 St Margaret’s Kings Arms Church, Corse A exhibition of Chartist Movement

Ross 28 for See overleaf detailed map Route and Symbols key Road START 19 Newent Loop can be cycled both clockwise and anti-clockwise. Taking the P short cut at Redmarley makes the eastern or western loop roughly 19 miles. Lane Ross B4221 Gloucester 21 Street F Hook’s Long route 28 miles Town car park 25 Blackwells End P Street Malswick Watery Lane Green House The Orchard route Short cut makes two loops Café Centre of 19 miles each Culver Malswick Sustrans Public house B4215 45 Newent Market Hartpury A and B roads International Centre for Birds House The Royal Place of worship of Prey 6.8 miles to Exchange newentloop.org 24 Turnings off main roads B4216 Gloucester Caution Cathedral National Cycle Network 22 45 A417 28 19 One mile intervals Ledbury Loop G Gloucester Highleadon Hartpury Bee Shelter 0 Miles 1 2 23 Hartpury Church Newent Loop Gloucester Tithe A 28 mile leisure cycling route with an optional short cut Barn H 8 Old Chapel newentloop.org Trioscape Garden Centre