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ON PAGE 12 of an Iron Age Hillfort. goats and through the centre Combe; past caves, mountain stone gorge of Burrington over this lesser known lime- of Ages”. This walk takes you to the enduring hymn “Rock said he came up with the lyrics battered by the elements it is a rocky cleft and whilst being Combe. He sought shelter in terrible storm at Burrington clergyman, was caught in a 1 this well-worn path to the left past toilet block. Remain on back of Burrington Combe Inn FEATURE metres Go through car park at the Start km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0

Toplady, an Anglican In 1776 Augustus M DAVE HAMILTON CHOSEN BY… 03 u Distance: 7¼ miles/11.7km u miles/11.7km 7¼ Distance: 2 4

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6 2 heading roughly E. Cavern. Bear L, follow path steps L past Goat Church getting your feet too wet. Take usually stones to cross without runs down here and there are the autumn and winter a river bends R through trees. During path as it heads uphill and 8400 years ago. Remain on to the Mesolithic era some bones were found here dating is Britain’s Earliest Burial site; possible to enter the cave). This Hole across the road (it is the cave known as Aveline’s other side. You will shortly pass to pick up the dirt path on the Ages itself, to the R. Cross road of the road past the Rock of GR ADIENT PROFILE Cross the stream and ¾ mile/1.3km Dolbury Warren hillfort. A vantage point from 8 Time: 4 hours u 4 hours Time: 10

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DAVE HAMILTON DAVE PHOTO: footpath. At marker near stand out along the Limestone Link around to the L and follow this remain on path as it bends 14 Landranger 172 Maps OS Explorer 141; Bus 15.45 Blagdon) Rickford or Blagdon-Last Blagdon (Walk from Abus 672 Bristol to transportPublic Rock of Ages Car Park. Burrington Combe Inn and toiletsPublic Between (Tel: 01934 852371 ) 462227) or The Swan Inn Combe Inn (Tel: 01761 Refreshments Burrington Nearest town Blagdon PLANNING Stiles 1 woods, village climbs, moorland, bracken, Is it for me? Some uphill grid ref ST476589 door for non-customers), Combe Inn (Car-park next Start/parking Burrington ROUTE PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN 16

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SOUTH WEST ✁ 1 going diagonally L across Church Lane. Join footpath churches. Holy Rood cottages and interesting villages with gorgeous saddleback tower. (fertility figure) and an unusual nave, a Celtic sheela-na-gig Ampney St Peter has a Saxon paintings, while St Peter’s at and traces of Medieval wall Lloyde, a Saxon doorway effigy of George and Annie cross, a splendid 16th-century a well-preserved 15th-century at Ampney Crucis has

metres enclosed Ashbrook Lane. Walking along the Take Cricklade Street, then Start km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0

a group of quiet The Ampneys is JULIE ROYLE CHOSEN BY… 04 u Distance: 7½ miles/12km u miles/12km 7½ Distance: 2

POULTON & THE AMPNEYS GLOUCESTERSHIRE 6 straight on to road. Turn L, then then cross into pasture and go corner. Turn L along field edge, towards road, aiming for hedge field to plantation, then turn R kink in bridleway, turn L across 2 side of wall from building. farm building, but on other bridleway which passes large 200m, turn R on field-edge T-junction and turn L. After a T-junction. Proceed to a track as it approaches across to corner to meet into next field. Go obliquely L, field. Cross field to hedge gap through plantation to arable side, fork R to far R corner, then arable field. Approaching far playing fields, then across GR ADIENT PROFILE About 150m from road, at 1½ miles/2.5km 8 Time: 3 hours u 3 hours Time: 10

Grade: Moderate Grade: 12

JULIE ROYLE JULIE PHOTO: R by tiny village green, pass R into Ampney St Peter. Fork 14 ROUTE Landranger 163 Maps OS Explorer 169; Crucis, Mon-Sat via Poulton and Ampney Highworth to Cirencester Fairford, Lechlade and Stagecoach 76/77 Crucis, Mon-Fri; Cirencester to Ampney Stagecoach 50 transportPublic toiletsPublic None Ampney Crucis Poulton, Crown Inn at and Village Stores at Refreshments Falcon Inn Nearest town Cirencester PLANNING Stiles 14 navigational skill useful waymarked so some woodland; very poorly pasture, paddocks, Is it for me? Arable, grid ref SP100009 Street, Poulton, GL7 5HW, Start/parking Cricklade PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN

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6 miles/9.6km of centre Head through IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS lfto.com/cwroutes START OS MAPS ONLINE: VIEW ON THE WALK hillfort. Remain on this path Remain hillfort. L on small hill and keeping gate kissing to head down T-junction on R then L at L path. to Keep in woods. around converge As paths near Bos Swallett the area continuing L path, to keep woods through on bridleway the join a lane towards to road Cross main road. start. head R back to 4 1

3 3¼ miles/5.2km When on main ride. Stay 3 ride forks, take R fork onto onto R fork take ride forks, the path When path. lower on the R. the R remain to veers the end of woods Towards dogleg back to starts the path the this bend to follow on itself, taking the next before marker should start you this point L. At of the gorge see the top to T-junction L at ahead. Veer the lane At heading down. the R at pub. head R towards You the village. pub through the main road; out onto come pavement. to turn R keeping is barrier there a road At R sign pointing a footpath bottom At some steps. down the L then R take of steps continuing Bridleway onto hillfort. to path up woodland Buy maps at: ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop

SOMERSET COMBE BURRINGTON from the top the top from of the gorge. The views views The 4 DON’T MISS... DON’T On a clear day you you On a clear day the can see over Channel out Bristol Bridge the Severn to beyond. and Wales OS Explorer map 141 u

of blackthorn trees (full of sloes trees of blackthorn R to R. Turn 1st in autumn) take There trig point. to join path Bladdon Lake, out to views are Channel and you the Bristol as they see planes below may on the airport. Remain land at towards path long straight this as to refer Locals woods. the M4 as it can be filled with and walkers. bikers mountain woods. into R hand fork Take u

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START 1 IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS 5¾ miles/9km 5¾ miles/9km on along farm Go straight lfto.com/cwroutes OS MAPS ONLINE: VIEW ON THE WALK 5 track. When it bends R, keep it bends R, keep When track. paddock, on through straight and through track across L edge another paddock. Go by join paddocks to more of two and R, joining lane, Turn track. L Fork Mary. St Ampney into then L on main small green, at and junction to Walk street. (Ashbrook opposite track take turn Bell Lane, Meeting Lane). and straight Poulton R into Street. Cricklade on to

5 3 4 miles/6.5km Ways Three L by Turn Cottage on lane/track. Walk Walk on lane/track. Cottage to the T-junction after farm farm after the T-junction to building and turn R on track. another lane and turn to Walk on at straight R. Keep After junctions. subsequent it lane bends R. Leave 450m on along and go straight here road’ as ‘yellow (shown track track Follow maps). on OS footpath lane and take to along edge Walk opposite. and then pasture of wood, field. arable to plantation, stiles to across Go straight R through Turn opposite. corner, in next gate to pasture bearing pasture, then L in next footbridge hedge to from away on same Continue side. far at paddocks, to two line in next one. of second R corner far 4

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE & THE AMPNEYS POULTON 2½ miles/4km large across Go straight OS Explorer map 169 u

u R at next junction to meet lane. lane. meet to junction next R at opposite. path to Cross church and keep going as lane and keep church L Turn track. walled becomes then on footpath, junction at 3 on to meet lane. Turn L then Turn lane. meet on to church. on R to track take lane on footpath to Return village. and turn L into field then turn L about halfway field then turn L about halfway keep corner wall At across. lane at meet on to straight L then R, Turn Crucis. Ampney by Way then L on Palladian Shortly turn R and box. post through Way Palladian follow then through lane, fields, across waymarks fields. When more L turns these are several show woods, into paths permissive is straight route but onward 04 001/17 MEDIA SURVEY. ORDNANCE 2017 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN

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