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STANTON PARK

 


Trail Information

OS Map Reference

SU170894


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Distance

3.0 miles (approx)

Time

1.5 hours

Car Parking

Yes

Conditions

Uneven at the start, may be muddy at the start in winter

Rating

Easy

Sign Posting

Good

Tara's Tale!

This Trail takes you through the "Great Wood" and through parts of Stanton Park, The park provides an exceptionally wide range of habitats such as remnants of ancient woodland, hedgerows, wildflower meadows, wetlands, a lake, streams and a series of recently restored ponds. This is a great Trail in the hot summer months as much of it is amongst the shade of the trees.  This walk highly recommended, totally safe from Farm animals and a real Joy. Ideal for a picnic stop at Stanton Park by the lake.  There is plenty to discover at the park and the Great Western Community Forest has produced this great leaflet to download. Beware that the Parkland section has grazing sheep, our trail avoids this area. We've yet to do this walk in the winter but it looks like the track at the start will get muddy in the very wet months.
 

Start Point

The walk starts from the end of Kingsdown Lane.  Turn into Turnpike Road off the A419 at the Turnpike roundabout. Just past the BP Garage and Little Chef turn right into Kingsdown Lane.

Drive to the end of the lane an park up on the left hand side just in before the 10mph sign.
(see map)

 


Directions

 

1. Walk to the end of  Kingsdown Lane, past Kingsdown Nursery on the left and along Kingsdown Lane Track through the trees.

 

2. After approx 3/4 of a mile as you reach the corner of the crematorium take the marked footpath on the left at the big wooden post and continue along the public footpath keeping the trees to your left (sign posted).

 

3. At the end of the field the footpath continues along a track past the wood on your right.

 

4. As you meet a concrete path turn right and then left and take the path through the trees towards Stanton Fitzwarren & Blunsdon (sign posted)

 

5. Just before a small wooden gate that leads into a field, bear left back onto the main public footpath turning right.

 

6. A little way along turn right in front of the big stone wall and follow the public footpath (marked)

 

7. Cross the small stream and continue along the main path keeping straight ahead

 

8. After a short way and as you come out of the trees cross the wooden stile on the right and turn left sign posted to Stanton Fitzwarren

 

9. After approx 50 yards turn right at the sign post to the "Lake" and "Woodland", walk along the edge of the lake to the wooden bridge

 

10. Cross the wooden bridge and turn right, then left and left again at the sign post to "Farm Park"

 

11. Continue along this path ignoring the turning to the car park but continuing along in the direction of the "Great Wood".

 

12. At the end of the path turn right then immediately left sign posted to Blunsdon and continue along the concrete path

 

13. Just before the wooden sign post turn left and walk along the path through the "Great Wood" you will recognize this point from earlier in the walk.

 

14. At the end of the path turn right back onto Kingsdown Lane Track and walk along the path all the way back to the car.

 

 

 

 

Trail recorded June 2006

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

               

  

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