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Stanton Drew Stone Circle
Directions
The footpath begins at the kissing gate on the corner where
the road to the Stone Circle turns off from the road to the
church. Cross into the field and head towards the opposite
corner, next to some farm buildings. Cross the stile and notice
the Stone Circle on your left as you cross the field to the
next stile. In the next field veer slightly left towards another
stile. Head towards the telegraph pole then on the same line
to the stile on the other side of the field. Cross that field,
noticing the village of Upper Stanton Drew up on your right.
Go through a large gap in the fence and continue straight
ahead across the next field.
Cross a small road to pick up the footpath running inside
the field next to the hedge and parallel to the road. Come
back out onto the road and re-cross to another stile. Veer
slightly left and cross a field to the next gate and stile.
Head down towards the River Chew and follow the most appropriate
path roughly parallel to the river (the ground can be soft
and wet, so you need to chose the best path for the season!)
After the next gate pr stile the river loops left away from
the path, but you need to continue straight ahead to re-meet
the river as it loops back. Pass the bridge and weir at Byemills.
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Cross a stile and head down a short lane beside a wall, past
a cottage and through a kissing gate, still following the
approximate line of the river. At the corner of the next field
go through a kissing gate next to a bend in the river. The
gate bears a sign for Knowle Angling Club. Walk up a slope
between a barbed wire fence and some trees to another kissing
gate. Follow the path across a field towards a large viaduct.
Cross a small wooden footbridge/stile over a ditch and veer
slightly left. Go under the viaduct, past a weir and slightly
right to pass through a gate and onto a back road in the village
of Pensford. Turn left and walk down to a cottage called Bridge
House. Turn left and cross the bridge. Notice a stone cottage
bearing a sign showing the flood level in July 1968 (above
head height!). Take the road/path beside this cottage, leading
up towards the viaduct.
Go through a gate into Calvery Woods and follow the path
straight ahead. Where the path forks right cross the stile
straight ahead into a field and continue alongside the river.
Cross to a gate and continue straight ahead. Veer right, cross
a field to a ridge and pass through a kissing gate. Two paths
lead off from this point, but keep left, following the field
edge and head toward another kissing gate in the left hand
corner of the field. Cross another field to yet another kissing
gate and turn left onto a road, then walk down between houses
to Byemills Farm. Cross the weir and begin to retrace your
outward route from this point turning right on the other side
of the river.
Follow the path parallel to the river to the next stile.
Cross a field to another gate/stile and head across a field,
walking roughly parallel to the river then up to the stile
in the top left corner of the field. Cross the next stile,
cross a road and follow the path behind the hedge and parallel
to the road.
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