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5. Cross the road with caution and then turn left, just past the old Maryland College building (which has now been converted in to apartments), there is a finger post pointing up into a drive way, follow this round to the right a little and then follow the revised signed path round the left hand perimeter of the pretty round house (once a windmill). The path goes into some trees and down a series of steps, at the bottom, keep right (great bluebells here in May) at the end of the path turn left across a field and through the hedge and then turn right on to a track keeping the woods on your left and hedge on your right.
6. In about two hundred yards or so, just at the end of the trees, is a path going up to the left (if you are at the derelict barns this is too far). Follow this path up to the top and then, with the new reservoir on your right, it continues into the woodlands again. In another two hundred yards or so, there will be a finger post pointing right (ignore the first path as the one you need is just after more trees). Follow this path until it crosses Longslade Lane, and go through the gate. Keep straight until it climbs up to join a track, and turn left here. Follow this track back to where you have parked your car.
We hope you enjoy this walk, but please remember to close all gates after you and to take any litter home. If you have a dog with you please have a lead handy, as there may well be sheep, cattle or horses in the fields.
The idea behind these occasional walks is to encourage us to visit our neighbouring villages and to enjoy their surrounding countryside. The different seasons can greatly effect the scenery, with delightful flowers in the meadows and woodlands in spring time, wild fruit in autumn and crisp clear frosty days in winter can often increase the distance you can see as well as blowing away those winter cobwebs.
In addition, reversing the walks can give different views that you might miss in one direction and adds another walk to your repertoire.
The walks can be traced using the Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps No.s 207/208/192 which contain a wealth of information for planning walks within the Phonebox catchment area.
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