Description
Road from Wythall station – good pavement, street lighting.
Easy path to follow to Kidpile farm – will get very muddy in places in wet weather/winter.
After 2.2 miles, the path at the bottom of Clowes Wood to corner of Terry’s Pool is none existent and the general direction fenced off. This is ancient woodland with heath plants. On reaching fence at grid reference SP103738 TL following clear path, with fence on right for about 300m. At first path junction, TR, could be boggy in Winter, At path cross roads, TR and continue S.E. to join main path round Terry’s pool grid ref SP105738 T.R. on main path round head of pool and pick up slow ways route to The Lakes station. (Included in this alternative route
After 3.2 miles, no path to cross M42 at grid ref SP103726 TL along north side of motorway and cross under with the railway line.
Path to lane at (Grid ref SP103723) not clear on the ground and needs careful navigation. (Icluluded in this alternative route).
The section between Danzey Green 6.2 miles) and Beaudesert Park (8.6 miles), is not always signposted, overgrown in places and with 2 taped off, unsafe footbridges west of Impsley Farm (SP145675), without an obvious detour. (As shown in this alternative route).
There are some very pleasant views along various sections of the route
Road from Wythall station – good pavement, street lighting.
Easy path to follow to Kidpile farm – will get very muddy in places in wet weather/winter.
After 2.2 miles, the path at the bottom of Clowes Wood to corner of Terry’s Pool is none existent and the general direction fenced off. This is ancient woodland with heath plants. On reaching fence at grid reference SP103738 TL following clear path, with fence on right for about 300m. At first path junction, TR, could be boggy in Winter, At path cross roads, TR and continue S.E. to join main path round Terry’s pool grid ref SP105738 T.R. on main path round head of pool and pick up slow ways route to The Lakes station. (Included in this alternative route
After 3.2 miles, no path to cross M42 at grid ref SP103726 TL along north side of motorway and cross under with the railway line.
Path to lane at (Grid ref SP103723) not clear on the ground and needs careful navigation. (Icluluded in this alternative route).
The section between Danzey Green 6.2 miles) and Beaudesert Park (8.6 miles), is not always signposted, overgrown in places and with 2 taped off, unsafe footbridges west of Impsley Farm (SP145675), without an obvious detour. (As shown in this alternative route).
There are some very pleasant views along various sections of the route
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Wythall
Grid Ref
SP0920275728
Lat / Lon
52.37953° / -1.86623°
Easting / Northing
409,202E / 275,728N
What3Words
pints.ranks.pool
Henley-in-Arden
Grid Ref
SP1510166042
Lat / Lon
52.29232° / -1.78000°
Easting / Northing
415,101E / 266,042N
What3Words
wired.hidden.leopard
| Wythall | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP0920275728 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.37953° / -1.86623° |
| Easting / Northing | 409,202E / 275,728N |
| What3Words | pints.ranks.pool |
| Henley-in-Arden | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SP1510166042 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.29232° / -1.78000° |
| Easting / Northing | 415,101E / 266,042N |
| What3Words | wired.hidden.leopard |
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reviews
David Sanderson
29 Apr 2023 (edited 01 May 2023)Safe and reasonably direct with a lot to enjoy, this route falls down by how much work it leaves the walker doing. The section through Little Clowes Wood bore no relation to the reality of what I walked. The original path chosen has been closed because a conservation meadow. I knew which way I needed to go and followed the paths accordingly, the plotting was only of use to show me where I needed to finish. I'm wondering if it would be better to go straight on on entry to the wood as I effectively ended up going back on myself. The plotting generally was rather vague, but only to my annoyance rather than confusion. There are lots of stiles, but they're generally well marked and in superb condition. This route connects well with the railway and actually crosses it seven times! There is a pub, the Warwickshire Lad at almost the halfway point. If the plotting was tidied and the section in Little Clowes Wood was sorted out, this would have the making of a 5 star route.
Swebbews
12 Sep 2022We walked this route starting in Henley, and found it enjoyable and - if paying attention to the map - relatively easy to follow. As the previous reviewer noted, parts of the route are very overgrown; I should have paid more attention to this comment when deciding to wear shorts, as there was a proliferation of nettles and brambles that I would rather have not had in direct contact with my legs!
We lunched at The Warwickshire Lad in Wood End, which was directly on the route and served good food and beer.
It’s a route we would happily walk again.
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Max
08 Jun 2022A very nice journey with lots of changes in scenery throughout, from forests to fields, to pleasant towns. The route indicate in Little Clowes Wood is not accurate and requires some deviation to navigate through. Also there are some styles and potentially muddy section, why may put some people off.
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Olton and District u3a
08 May 2023Thank you for your review. We will try to get out and walk this route again sometime soon. Particular attention will be paid to your comments and suggestions, as well as those of other reviewers. You will see from our original review of this route that there were some issues and we are grateful for you, and others, taking the time to inform us of what you found.
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