After 300 metres along the footway, a kissing gate on the left takes you off the A4019 into some fields. This area is proposed for several large housing developments and often has protest signs or sometimes umbrellas attached to the gate.
A cross field path to the left takes you to a gate in the far corner. After this gate cross the next field to the far right corner. This brings you o to a small lane. Across the lane to the right is a footpath finger post. The Malverns are visible on a clear day. Follow the sign and at the end of the field bear right, along a hedgerow towards St. Mary Magdalene church at Elmstone Hardwicke.
Leaving the churchyard, go through a gate on to the village road and turn right. After passing Chosen View Farm, at a right angled bend look for a gate on the left. Follow the hedge line over a restricted byway and across to Dog Bark Lane, another old green lane. Crossing Dog Bark, look for a footbridge over the River Swilgate.
The next stretch is usually heavily ploughed or overgrown with crops. According to the OS, the path crosses the field diagonally to meet a hedge along a right angled corner, but due to frequent obstruction, many choose to walk around the field edge to the left.
When you have reached the opposite corner, keeping the hedge foliage to your left, follow the field edge to the kissing gate and then turn right into Swindon Village. Passing allotments on your left you will soon see the church of St. Lawrence ahead, with its irregular six-sided tower walls.
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After 300 metres along the footway, a kissing gate on the left takes you off the A4019 into some fields. This area is proposed for several large housing developments and often has protest signs or sometimes umbrellas attached to the gate.
A cross field path to the left takes you to a gate in the far corner. After this gate cross the next field to the far right corner. This brings you o to a small lane. Across the lane to the right is a footpath finger post. The Malverns are visible on a clear day. Follow the sign and at the end of the field bear right, along a hedgerow towards St. Mary Magdalene church at Elmstone Hardwicke.
Before reaching the church, cross a stile into a narrow green lane which ends at the churchyard, a good place for a short break.
Leaving the churchyard, go through a gate on to the village road and turn right. After passing Chosen View Farm, at a right angled bend look for a gate on the left. Follow the hedge line over a restricted byway and across to Dog Bark Lane, another old green lane. Crossing Dog Bark, look for a footbridge over the River Swilgate.
The next stretch is usually heavily ploughed or overgrown with crops. According to the OS, the path crosses the field diagonally to meet a hedge along a right angled corner, but due to frequent obstruction, many choose to walk around the field edge to the left.
When you have reached the opposite corner, keeping the hedge foliage to your left, follow the field edge to the kissing gate and then turn right into Swindon Village. Passing allotments on your left you will soon see the church of St. Lawrence ahead, with its irregular six-sided tower walls.