TO SWINYARD HILL > WALKING TRAIL DISTANCE 3.5 MILES TIME: 2HRS ABILITY: A CIRCULAR WALK TAKING IN BEACON AND SWINYARD HILL

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1 The walk starts at the large your right which is Swinyard A449 Car Park at British Camp Hill. Walk past an overgrown 1 opposite the quarry (on your right) and the Hatfield Hotel. Take the uphill path that sheep pastures and orchard of Coppice goes from the middle of the a small holding on the left.

Locator map Locator 2 car park through the trees. Then turn sharp right uphill es Pitch along a broad curving grass anc Ch 2 Continue up through the track until it widens into a at trees (ignore the path on the open space. right hand side) and turn right 3 7 Herefordshire as soon as you see the Once you reach the large Beacon concrete steps heading up at open area, you will notice 338 m British Camp towards the Herefordshire that you are at the foot of an Reservoir Beacon-otherwise known as overgrown quarry face. After British Camp. leaving this area, the path becomes very narrow and 3 Continue southwards very steep and will continue along the ridge top path, you until you reach a high wire will soon reach two small fence and a sign that says Millennium stones, back to back, the one ‘DANGER – CLIFF’. Turn right Hill dark-grey and inscribed ‘MHC alongside the fence which will 327 m4 5 159’ the other the older and take you back onto the lighter in colour. ridgetop of Swinyard Hill.

9 4 Continue on ridgeline-as Clutter's you start to descend further, 8 Continue to follow the Cave you will nally reach the top of narrow path to the top of the Hangmans some steep twisty steps which summit of Swinyard Hill. Hill 276 m take you down to an indicator Looking north, you may see stone. Several routes are how waymarked on this circular stands to one side of the stone. north-south axis of the main 6 ridge. Continue descending 5 Follow the trail marked o the ridge top until you get ‘Shady Bank Common’ further to the Silurian Pass and follow downhill westwards which the path signed ‘Giant’s Cave’. follows Shire Ditch, until you 9 News Wood reach a 5 way meeting of paths The Giant’s (or Clutters) in a gap, called the ‘Silurian Cave is hard to miss just down Pass. o the path. The much eroded path now leads you 6 As soon as you reach the 5 back to the indicator stone way meeting of paths, and then follow the broad continue straight ahead and gravelled lower path along the Swinyard the path gentle descends eastern ank of the Hill along the eastern side of the Herefordshire Beacon. You will 237 m ridge towards Castlemorton be able to see the reservoir to Common. You will pass a track your right as you walk along to your left hand side and you the wide gravel path, back 7 will see a steep bracken towards the start of your walk This route has 190 covered slope rising high to at British Camp Car Park. Gullet Wood been designed 8 to complement O/S Explorer See www.visitthemalverns.org Please respect the map No. 190 for more walking trails and information on the area. Countryside Code.

Main route 12 Route keypoints Museum/gallery Cafe Picnic site Bridleway Public house Information Parking Mansion Footpath Ascent/descent Landscape feature Church Take care! Map Key

PLEASE LEAVE NO LITTER BECAUSE OF GRAZING LIVESTOCK, DOGS SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER PROPER CONTROL With thanks to Dudley Brook. Adapted from a Trail Guide produced by Malvern Hills Trails Group