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OUT&ABOUT
ON A CLEAR DAY: main picture, the view from the Hood monument This page, left, a gate along a lane near Collard Hill, right, looking westward from Combe Hill Wood
lane you passed earlier to see the ancient yew in the churchyard. After heading back along the lane, turn left and then right along School Lane. This soon dwindles to a green lane with a stone causeway down the middle. Go through a KG and follow the causeway through another KG. Bear right alongside the hedge, and follow the causeway – now largely buried – to another KG. Go through a KG, carry on through a succession of gates and across a meadow. Go through a gate (ST485328) and bear right, with the causeway running alongside the road to Compton. At the main road, cross, turn left and then right past a medieval preaching cross along Compton Street. After 175 metres, when the road forks, bear right. After another 150 metres, continue past a turning on the left before bearing left along a restricted byway – an old road known as Combe Hollow Lane (ST492328). After 550 metres, when it forks, bear left (ST497327). After 150 metres cross a stile by a
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gate on the left and bear right up a narrow path. After 75 metres, when it forks, bear left. When it forks again by a red marker post bear right. Follow the path as it winds ever more steeply uphill to emerge at the final viewpoint, looking westward over Lollover Hill. Turn right along the gravel path and when it forks bear right. After 150 metres bear left along a broad path to return to the car park. Level of challenge: straightforward, although with steep and muddy stretches, and seven stiles. ■
FURTHER INFORMATION ■ ■ ■
Length of walk: 6 miles Map: OS Explorer 141 Approximate time: 3 – 4 hours
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