MARTLEY FOOTPATH VOLUNTEERS (The Path-or-Nones)
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1 Distance approx. 1.3 miles. Easy with one short ascent. Start at Martley Memorial Hall. |
Go through the gate (1) opposite the Village Hall and walk towards a shed. Leave the shed on your Left and note the waymarking sign. Follow the hedge keeping it on your Left, to the first stile (2) at the foot of the copse. Climb up through the woodland to the next stile (3). Climb obliquely to the Right up the steep bank ahead and at the summit the third stile will be visible (4). Pause here to note the fine views of Martley village and church. The church was built in the 13th Century from sandstone quarried from the outcrop beneath your feet known as The Nubbins, and clearly seen from the Memorial Hall. The Malverns can be seen from this viewpoint. Go straight ahead from the stile across the open field for approximately 140m. (5), turn Left and head towards a distant tree and an M.E.B. pole, which is ajacent to the next stile (6). There is a fine view of the Clifton ridge and the valley of the river Teme at this stile. Climb the stile and turn Right along the hedge line to the field gate (7). Go through the gate and turn Left, being careful to secure the gate as there may be sheep in the vicinity. Go down the rough track to the field gate (8) and signpost. Turn Left up the lane and walk through the steep banks of a rocky "Holloway" where primroses and violets abound in Spring. (Alternatively, cross the lane at the aforementioned signpost, climb the stile (9) turn Left and follow the field?edge path to the junction with a track, and turn Left to rejoin the lane. (10) This short section is part of the Worcestershire Way). Follow the lane, by a splendid finger?post, to its junction with the Martley road (11). Turn Left to return in approximately 100 yards to the Martley Memorial Hall. Parking, if required, at Martley Church car park.
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and Audrey Trumper during the 1980's and 90's. We are most grateful to them.