Walk 4
Moreton Morrell

This can be walked either as a single loop or extended into a figure of eight. Park with consideration in Moreton Morrell Village. Most of the walks are on good roads and tracks, but there are some muddy sections on both loops and a few difficult stiles.

Distance:

2.3, 3.7 or 6 miles

Time:

1, 1½ or 2½ hours

Terrain:

Mainly easy walking on minor roads

Car Parking:

On side of the road in village

Refreshments:

Black Horse, Moreton Morrell (Snacks and possible rolls)

OS Map:

206 Edge Hill & Fenny Compton: Black Horse CV35 9AR, SP311558

Longer Loop: With your back to the pub, turn left and walk along the main street until you come to Brook Lane. Turn right into Brook Lane and follow the road for about 1/3 mile until you reach the Fosse Way. Cross with care and continue straight on along the Lighthorne road. Ascend the small hill and continue on the road until you see the sign for Far Westfields Farm on the right. Follow the farm road and continue straight on through the stable buildings, through a gate and on to a metalled drive that leads onto the Wellesbourne/ Lighthorne Road. Turn right and continue on this road until you meet the Fosse Way crossroads.

Cross over to the opposite corner and go through a clearly way-marked gate. Go diagonally across this field to a gate in the far corner. Go straight across the drive and through the gate just to the right of you. Keeping the hedge on your right, skirt the next field, going downhill. Go through another gate and head diagonally left down the hill on a clear path. Follow the brook to the left, through two fields that can be very wet and muddy, over a stile into a third small field. Continue straight on to a wooded path by the side of the stream. This leads back to Green Lane. You can either return to the village or continue on the shorter loop of the walk.

Shorter loop: Cross over Green Lane and follow the way-marker to the right of the stables in front of you. Go through the gate and continue straight, keeping the hedge on your right. Continue more or less straight through the small spinney and through the next field. Grange Farm is in front of you. Climb the stile onto a track and turn right. Follow the track for a few hundred yards and turn left as it opens into a field. Follow the field edge, with the stream on your left until you come to the corner. Follow the waymarked path that bears slightly to the left, going through the gate and head for the gate straight ahead. Bear left across the next field to the gate that leads onto the road. (As you cross the stream, look out for the special path built under the bridge for wildlife to cross the road safely.) Turn left and follow the road past Morrell Farm. The road bends sharply right, then left back towards Moreton Morrell.

Walk 4 Map: Moreton Morrell As you enter the village, you can continue on the road, or extend the walk further by turning left up John Taylor Way to the Agricultural College. Continue along this road for about 400 yards, then turn sharp left down a path. Before you reach the houses, turn right across the playing field to a footbridge in the opposite hedge. Follow this path which brings you out onto the road by the pub.                                                     SB, JK

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