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Slow Ways linking Castle Cary and Bruton, Keinton Mandeville, Shepton Mallet, Sherborne, Sparkford, Wincanton
England / Somerset / Castle Cary
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Walk to Castle Cary from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Castle Cary—Bruton
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Casbru one |
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4 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 106m | Descent 130m | ||
Castle Cary—Wincanton
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Caswin one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 207m | Descent 213m | ||
Keinton Mandeville—Castle Cary
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Keicas one |
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4 X |
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Review me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 127m | Descent 94m | ||
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Sherborne—Castle Cary
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Shecas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 20km/12mi | Ascent 379m | Descent 352m | ||
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Shepton Mallet—Castle Cary
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Shepcas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 17km/10mi | Ascent 293m | Descent 241m | ||
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Sparkford—Castle Cary
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Spacas one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 73m | Descent 111m |
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Collective progress
54% of Castle Cary’s six route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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7 people have contributed to Castle Cary’s Slow Ways
3 people have pledged to walk and review a route
2 people have surveyed a route in Castle Cary
39km out of 75km have been walked and reviewed
66km of reviews have been shared in Castle Cary
Latest Updates
In wetter weather, stay on the lanes at North Barrow, head East and then take the first left turn. This will bring you out at the end of Cary Drove back on the published route, but will avoid the mud....
Ross Perkins
I have very little to add to the epic review of my co-stroller except to show a picture of a very nice oil beetle found on the path, and a typical honey coloured stone house. Very nice walk, slightly irritating diversion as detailed by MM....
Steve_Roser
We walked from Castle Cary to Wincanton. The first, near the Castle Cary end, uses tracks and the other, towards Wincanton, a footpath through a zone of pastures and arable fields.This latter part of the walk has the best of the views. The road and track parts are all easy to navigate but this Slow Way doesn't have the best signage and there is some ageing path infrastructure in the fields at the Wincanton end where at some times of year (including now, with mowing grass and wheat crops growing on), the path of least resistance may be to walk around the western headland edges of some fields rather than taking the direct line of the footpath through them. The route out of Castle Cary town leads uphill to cross the main road before heading back down the other side into Hadspen village in a pretty valley. The landowners are clearly encouraging people to take a permissive path to the west of the mapped right of way using a new green lane they have created around the edges of their (quite possibly horse-grazed) fields. The line of this permissive path is the obvious route to take if you are coming from Wincanton, but not if you are coming from Castle Cary, when you can happily head up the hill on the (still existing) actual right of way but arrive at the top of the fields to find that the access stiles have fallen into disuse and are now scrubbed up, and you have to divert 50m or so to the southwest corner of the field (w3w coherent.petulent.trips) where the new access gate from the permissive path is, and then have to hop over a post and rail fence to access it. Eventually the route exits a field corner via a kissing gate onto a lane (it doesn't look like the path right next to it in the field on the OS map still exists) and very shortly arrives at the edge of Wincanton....
Mockymock
You get great views looking across to Bruton once you’ve climbed out of Castle Cary...
A pretty route that mainly follows the MacMillan Way. There are no hazards, and it’s flat until you get to approach Castle Cary. It could get quite muddy in the wet...
Very pleasant route with some great views over a fruit farm. Two stiles, one a low one and the other by passable by going through the adjacent gate. As highlighted by a previous review, there is a very short steep section which could be slippy in the wet....
robasykes
Unless sure-footed take an alternative route by continuing on the road through Cole and turning left into Sunnyhill Lane....
James Hood
Slow Ways added Casbru one, a new walk from Castle Cary to Bruton
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Caswin one, a new walk from Castle Cary to Wincanton
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Keicas one, a new walk from Keinton Mandeville to Castle Cary
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Shecas one, a new walk from Sherborne to Castle Cary
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Shepcas one, a new walk from Shepton Mallet to Castle Cary
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Spacas one, a new walk from Sparkford to Castle Cary
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Castle Cary’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
ST6409732371
Lat / Lon
51.08951° / -2.51401°
Easting / Northing
364,097E / 132,371N
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Facilities
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Supermarket or convenience shop
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Free wifi
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Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
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