This walk starts from The Hampton Gym, follows footpaths to Barston and Balsall Street, the Millennium Way/Heart of England Way to the West Midlands Golf Club and then footpaths back to the gym.
Starting from the Hampton Gym walk down Old Station Road to Meriden Road, turn right along Meriden Road crossing when safe and then turn left into Fentham Road. At the end of the road take the footpath on the left and follow it straight across fields and a small footbridge until until Oak Lane is reached.
Turn right and then left onto Barston Lane passing the Bulls Head pub. At the church, go through the churchyard via a path on the left which is followed around to the left past a path on the right which is not taken. At the end of the field go through a gate and follow the path across fields, crossing the river Blythe, until Barston Lane is reached and then turn right to Balsall Street.
Take the next footpath on the left (Heart of England) and follow the path with a hedge close on the left, go through a hedge and across the middle of a field, crossing a stream in the centre of the field. At the next hedge cross a stile and follow the path uphill to a junction of paths, here continue straight ahead with a hedge close on the left dropping downhill at the end to a stream with a footbridge and a stile. After the stile go left to the hedge and follow the hedge to the top of the field and turn left through a farm gate. Follow the path to Wootton Lane, turn right along the lane for a short distance and then take the first footpath on the left and go diagonally across a field to the far left corner then follow the path along the edge of the next field with a hedge close on the left. Skirt round a rough overgrown patch to find a gate leading to a narrow path with a fence on the left, follow this to Ferndale Farm and thence to Bradnocks Marsh Lane. Cross the road, taking the footpath on the right and cross two fields to Marsh House Farm, when a road is reached turn left along the road to the West Midlands golf club, walk round the Lakeside Restaurant to the lake and take the path along the lake edge, at the farside look for a path through the hedge leaving the lake. This path leads either to a footpath on the left which goes across three fields into Hampton and then back to Fentham Lane or to Marsh Lane where after turning left will lead back into Hampton.
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