Directions
1. From the car park
head into Stratton Wood through
the metal gate and along
the gravel path.
2. At the bench &
Poo Bin, turn right and make
your way through the
trees along one of the
mud paths.
3. When you come
out of the trees, find
the gap in the tree
line and
go through it into the next field.
Then continue straight
ahead along the grass
path passing some bungalows/mobile
homes
to reach the tree line
at the bottom of the
field.
4. Near the bottom
of the field bear right
into the corner and
leave Stratton Wood
through the wooden gate
onto Kingsdown Lane
and turn right.
5. After just a few yards take the marked
footpath on the left at the
wooden post and continue along the
public footpath keeping the trees
to your left (sign posted).
6. At the end of the field the
footpath continues along a track
passing a wood on your right.
7. As you meet a concrete path
turn right and then left and take
the path through the trees towards
Stanton Fitzwarren & Blunsdon
(sign posted)
8. Just before a small wooden
gate that leads into a field, bear
left back onto the main public footpath
turning right.
9. A little way along turn right
in front of the big stone wall and
follow the public footpath (marked)
10. Cross the small stream and
continue along the main path keeping
straight ahead
11. After a short way and as you
come out of the trees cross the
wooden stile on the right and then turn
left sign posted to Stanton Fitzwarren
12. After approx 40 yards turn
right at the sign post to the "Lake"
and "Woodland", walk along
the edge of the lake to the wooden
bridge
13. Cross the wooden bridge and
turn right, go over the next bridge
and turn left, then
left again
at the sign post to "Farm Park"
14. Continue along the surfaced path
ignoring the next two turnings, the
first one is sign posted
to the "Parkland"
and the next to the
"Car Park" but continuing along in the
direction of the "Great Wood".
15. At the end of the path turn
right then immediately left sign
posted to Blunsdon and continue
along the concrete path
16. 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.
17. At the end of the path turn
right back onto Kingsdown Lane Track.
18. Just past the
Crematorium turn left
back into Stratton Wood,
you are now on the path
from earlier, so bear
left, continue through
this large field, then
through the trees. At
the bench turn left
to bring you back to
the car park.
Trail updated September 2008 with new start point from Stratton
Wood Car Park
Original Trail recorded June 2006
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