Ansley

This walk was led by Bob Reid on 21 Jan 2024 starting from The Lord Nelson, Ansley, CV10 9PQ. The walk is 4.3 miles long and is mainly on rural footpaths.

This walk starts from  The Lord Nelson Inn, Birmingham Road, Ansley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV10 9PQ (Google Maps). Please note that the pub requests that walkers do not use their car park, but there is plenty of roadside car parking nearby (eg, in Nuthurst Crescent). The walk includes visits to The Sperrin Brewery at the Lord Nelson and to the Church End Brewery. Detailed route guidance follows below the photo gallery.

The walk starts from The Lord Nelson Inn, CV10 9PQ; the pub carpark is not available for parking without prior permission but there is ample street parking in Nuthurst Crescent adjacent to the pub.

From the Lord Nelson turn right down the main road on the LHS, at the Ansley Fish Bar turn left onto a narrow footpath which bends to the left behind the fish bar. Follow this enclosed path through a gate and then turn right and continue to follow the footpath beside a fence which leads to a gate opening onto a golf course. Bear to the right across the golf course heading to the right of a group trees and to the left of a bunker taking care to avoid golfers teeing off, continue right across the golf course making for the far right corner. In the corner turn right by a large bunker into a wooded area, looking for a gate on the left, go through the gate and across a footbridge through the trees, turn right. Follow the path with the trees on the right through a gate and continue following the path with the hedge on the right. Keep following the path into Old Arley, turn left along the Ansley Lane to the pub "A Wagon Load of Lime", just past the pub, turn right along a lane which leads into a field. When reaching Arley Wood bear right along the edge of the wood and keep following the edge of the wood through a gate, when the wood edge turns left follow it through a gate keeping the wood on the left, but at the end of the wood continue straight on across a cultivated field to a gate leading to a lane.