A Walk from Coughton led by Tas Hind

Coughton Court
Coughton Court

This walk was led by Tas Hind and started from the Throckmorton, Kings Coughton, B49 5HX, at 9.30 am. The walk is 7 to 8 miles.

 

From the Throckmorton, walk south past Coughton Court and turn left into the lane the other side of Coughton Court. Continue along the lane to a ford, go over the bridge on the right and at the other side turn left along the Arden Way. Proceed along the Arden Way to Spernal Lane, turn right and then immediately left along a lane, continue to a left turn through "Mutton Farm" on the Heart of England Way.  

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 Follow the HoE way through Tuts Cottage to Burford Lane, there turn right and immediately left still following HoE way through Clouse Wood to Greenhill Farm.  At this point, turn left along a  road for some 600 yards then turn right to Netherstead Farm, pass the farm onto a track and continue to a sharp left bend in the track, here go straight on through a gate onto a grassy track between two fences.  At the end of the fence turn left on the Millennium Way, follow the MW past Morton Common Farm and just before passing under power cables turn right down a narrow track between two fences. After a short distance the narrow path opens out into a field, proceed under power cables until a path through a wooded area is seen on the right, make for that pathway. at the end of the wooded area cross a broken small footbridge and through a gate into a field. Bear left in the feild and continue to the far left corner, through a gate into a private garden and continue along the edge of the garden to a gate onto a track. Cross the track onto a footpath with hedges either side, still the Millennium Way, and continue along the MW which eventually reaches a road after going along a very narrow path between two fences by some houses. At the road, turn right to a road junction before a bridge and there turn left, after turning left keep to the right hand side and pass through a kissing gate by an old church into a field. Follow the footpath which is now the Arden Way all the way towards Coughton Court, keep following the Arden Way, don't go into Coughton Court, until it reaches the main road, Ryknild Street, turn right along the road back to the Throckmorton.