Castle Combe and Nettleton

Directions

From the car park turn right down the hill towards Castle Combe village. At the junction turn right and at the next junction turn right into the smaller road past cottages, following the signpost to "Nettleton Shrub 2 ½ miles".

After Combe House follow the drive and then the left hand footpath signed through Manor House Golf Club. Walk alongside the Golf Course for a short way, following a stone wall and then downhill into woodland. The path splits and an alternative route goes through a squeeze stile and down into Castle Combe.

Don't go that way, but follow the path right continuing to walk alongside the wall. After a few yards the footpath veers right and runs along the edge of an escarpment.

The path meets a road that leads right into the Golf Club. Follow that road briefly and then turn left over a bridge, still walking on a Golf Club roadway. (The river contains trout)

At a low log fence the path turns left, away from the road, leaves the Golf Club and enters woodland. The stream is now on the right. Cross a stile and continue straight ahead on the same path.

At the buildings marked as Nettleton Mill House go through the gate and turn left to walk between the modernised stone buildings. The river is now on the left. Cross a stile and continue straight ahead.

Cross a stile and turn left onto a track leading to a ford and clapper bridge Cross the bridge and continue on the footpath. When the path meets a road turn left and follow the road uphill. The road runs along an escarpment above a wood called "The Pinetum".

Go past one of the farm roads for Shrub Farm (on the left) then past the main drive to the farm. About 200 yards further on turn left over a stile onto a footpath leading down through some woods. The path leads down to a road where you turn left and walk directly into Castle Combe village, walking alongside the By Brook.

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Cross the stone bridge and walk straight up the main street of Castle Combe, past the Market Cross. Continue up the hill following the signs back to the car park.