WEST YORKSHIRE
Castleford
Halifax
Batley
Go
Brighouse
Pontefract
Balbriggan
Wakefield
Huddersfield
Southport
m
Skerries
Chorley
Rochdale
ATH
Hemsworth
Thorne
Rush
Bury
Ormskirk Standish Bolton
Formby
GREATER MANCHESTER
Barnsley
Swords
Wigan
Oldham Penistone
SOUTH
Malahide
Doncaster
Crosby MERSEYSIDE
YORKSHIRE
Salford MANCHESTER
DUBLIN
th
Carmel Head
Stocksbridge
Lucan
Bootle
St Helens
Sale Stockport
Glossop
Bawtry
idge
Wallasey
Dublin
Rotherham
Liverpool Warrington
Great
Clondalkin
Moelfre
Cheadle
Orme
Altrincham
Prestatyn Birkenhead
Gogarth
Widnes
Dun
Laoghaire
Sheffield
Colwyn
Tallaght
Anglesey
Holyhead
Llandudno
Whaley
Wilmslow
Worksop
Retfo
Bay
Runcorn
Naas
Dronfield
Knutsford
Rhyl
Bridge
Beaumaris
Flint
Holy Island Llangefni
Staveley
Bray
Conwy Abergele
Frodsham
Buxton
Northwich
Bangor
Chesterfield
Bakewell
Chester
Greystones
Middlewich
CONWY
Ollerton
Bethesda
DERBYSHIRE
FLINTSHIRE
Winsford
Congleton
Mansfield
Clay Cross
Denbigh
Caernarfon
Llanrwst
Following
the hedgeCHESHIRE
near
Mold
Matlock
Biddulph
NOTTINGHAMSHIR
Ruthin
Llanberis
Betwsthe start of the Crewe
route.
WICKLOW
Alfreton
Leek
Wirksworth
DENBIGHSHIRE
y-coed
Ripley
Wrexham
Wicklow
Nantwich Kidsgrove
Hucknall
Belper
Stoke-on-Trent
NewcastleBlaenau Ffestiniog
Ruabon
Rathdrum
Ashbourne
Ilkeston
under-Lyme
WREXHAM
Llangollen
Porthmadog
Nottingham
Whitchurch
Beeston
Stapleford
Uttoxeter
Gr
Bala
Ellesmere
Criccieth
Pwllheli
Stone
w
Derby
Long
Eaton
Market Drayton
GWYNEDD
Oswestry
Arklow
Wem
Bu
STAFFORDSHIRE
Abersoch
rent
Bardsey
Stafford
Loughborough
SHROPSHIRE
Island
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Dolgellau
Gorey
Melton Mo
Barmouth
Rugeley
Newport
Mallwyd
WEXFORD
Shrewsbury
Coalville
Cannock
Lichfield
Oakh
Welshpool
Telford
LEICESTERSHIRE
gh
Tamworth
Leicester
Tywyn
Walsall
Oadby
Machynlleth
Wolverhampton
Hinckley
Montgomery
Blaby
Aberdyfi
ackwater
Bridgnorth
Newtown
Market
Nuneaton
West Bromwich
Church
Harboroug
Stretton
Dudley Birmingham
POWYS
Stourbridge
Llanidloes
Bedworth
WEST
MIDLANDS
Start/parking
Hanbury
Rothwe
Aberystwyth
rd
Clun
Llangurig
Kidderminster
Solihull
COVENTRY
Common
car park/picnic
area,
Ludlow
WA L E S
StourportBromsgrove
Knighton
Rugby NORTHAMPT
grid
ref SK173282
on-Severn
Rosslare
Leamington Spa
CEREDIGION
Rhayader
Wellingbor
Redditch
Is it for me? Warwick
Mostly good
Presteigne
Aberaeron
Llandrindod
Droitwich
paths/tracks
through
fields/ Daventry
Leominster
New Quay
WARWICKSHIRE
Northamp
Wells
Tregaron
WORCESTERSHIRE
Kington
Stratford
farmland; some stiles
in poor
Bromyard
upon Avon
Worcester
CHOSEN BY…
stile crossing field R of hedge.
condition. Dogs on lead
Builth Wells
Towcester
Pershore
HEREFORDSHIRE
ShipstonNew
Lampeter
Cardigan
Strumble
Great Malvern Stiles 39
STEVE GOODIER
Follow footpath
over two stiles to
on-Stour
Head
Evesham
Milton Key
Hay-on-Wye
Newcastle
Banbury
Hanbury Crater is
a
track.
Continue, staying
ahead at
Visiting theHereford Ledbury
Brackley
Fishguard
Emlyn
Llandovery
Moreton-in-Marsh
Mathry
Tewkesbury
Buckingham
huge hole in the
junction over bridge. Cross field Brecon
memorial (on
St David's
Chipping Norton
CARMARTHENSHIRE
Nearest
town Burton-on-Trent
Stow-on-the-Wold
P E M Blargest
ROKESHIRE
Ramsey of the
Ross-on-Wye
ground – result
exiting
via stile to lane.
Go R past
route) at Hanbury
Llandeilo
Carmarthen
Bicester
Cheltenham
Refreshments Hanbury
Island
Newgate
Gloucester
Crickhowell
BUCKINGHAM
conventional weapon
explosion
‘Sycamore
Farm’
,
going
L
before
Crater
and
pausing
for
a
Abergavenny
Haverfordwest
St Clears
Kidlington
Public toilets None
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Narberth
Aylesbur
Monmouth
Witney
Ammanford
Brynmawr
Skomer
Milford
Ebbw
of either World
War.
Known
as
while
to
contemplate
next
house.
Pass
through
parking
Merthyr
Public
transport
None
to
start
Island
Wend
Haven
Vale
Blaenavon
Oxford
Carterton
Tydfil MERTHYR
Kidwelly
BLAENAU GWENT
NEATH
Stroud
MONMOUTHSHIRE
‘The Fauld Skokholm
Explosion’, 70 Neyland
people
what
happened
here.
area exiting
through gate
Maps
Ordnance
Survey
Explorer
PORTto
TALBOTcross
Thame
Cirencester
Lydney
Aberdare TYDFIL Pontypool
OXFORDSHIRE
Tenby
Pembroke
Llanelli
Island
Nailsworth
Glyncorrwg
A
245;
Landranger
128
TORFAEN
died on November 27th 1944
field and then two squeezeRHONDDA
Bargoed
Faringdon Abingdon
Chepstow
Neath
CYNON TAFF
CAERPHILLY Cwmbran
Swansea
High Wycom
Cricklade
Maesteg
Didcot
Tetbury
St Govan's
when munitions stored
in
stiles/bridge.
Climb
field
crossing
Risca
Wantage
SWANSEA
Newport
Pontypridd
Port
Caldicot
Head
Wallingford
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maps at: ordnance
Malmesbury
Talbot
Einon
NEWPORT
Caerphilly
disused mines exploded leaving
hedge/electric
fence. When
stilePort
R of
large tree. Continue
Henley
BRIDGEND
survey.co.uk/mapshop
Swindon
Avonmouth
CARDIFF
a crater a quarter of a mile
hedge ends
go
L
through
electric
along L of field bending
L to crossBridgend
Porthcawl
BRISTOL
BERKSHIRE
Cardiff
Cowbridge
Reading
Bristol
across and 91m deep.
fence crossing stile.Clevedon
Go R up
R Corsham Chippenham
stile. Go half-R through kissingVALE OF GLAMORGAN
Avebury
Hungerford
Brackn
Barry
Newbury
Marlborough
edge field.Congresbury
As fence/hedge bend Bath Melksham
gate going half-R over field
Devizes
Weston-super-Mare
R, continue ahead to electric TrowbridgeCut LWleaving
Start
exiting via kissing-gate. Go R
following
Kingsclere
Cambe
I L T S H I Rcrater
E
Cheddar L
fence
above. Curve slightly
Exit car park past barrier
through gate continuing
through
path
with fence R. Go R at Basingstoke
Westbury
Lynton Lynmouth
Burnham-on-Sea
Whitchurch
Frome
Andover
Ilfracombe At arch, R, go L
Farnha
Minehead
crossing two stiles (in
fence) over
taking track. Cut R before gatesLundy barns/buildings.
footpath
sign continuing
through
Warminster
Wells
Pilton
HAMPSHIRE
Watchet
Glastonbury
track.
Descend
going
R
by
gate
at
climbing track. Join track climbing
passing
through
gate.
kissing-gate.
Go
L
through
Alto
Amesbury
Braunton
Street
Bridgwater
Barnstaple
Mere
R edge woods. Follow field
steps. Continue over common
kissing-gate
R sideNew Alresford Liphoo
Wilton heading up
Winchester
Wincanton
SOMERSET
Bideford
Salisbury
bottom
passing
through electric
through car park to road. Cross
3.4km/2
miles
field through
kissing-gate.
South Molton
Taunton
Hartland
Petersfield
Shaftesbury
Romsey
Wellington
fence to cross stile. Continue
road going R of Ivy Cottage
Continue down
track staying
Continue to go L along field top
Great Torrington
Eastleigh
Yeovil
Ilminster
Sherborne
Southampton
through kissing-gate going half-R
taking lane. When lane becomes
ahead at junction of fields. Cross
cutting R throughLyndhurst
kissing-gate.
Tiverton
Havant
Crewkerne
Blandford Forum
Chard
Ch
Bude next field to pass through gate. Go
over L-hand
corner of field. Pass
track, descend to rise joining
Follow path
through gate
at endFareham
Hythe
Ringwood
Holsworthy
Brockenhurst
Gosport
Axminster
Honiton
Creditongoing
through
kissing-gate
going L to Wimborne
lane. Curve R/L to junction. Go R
ahead aiming R of buildings
toMinster
field. Go L through
kissing-gate
Lymington
Portsmouth
DORSET
New Milton
going L between bungalows
7&
through Okehampton
gate down drive to road.
Hanbury
Crater. Bridport
goingPoole
R over
stile. Follow track
Cowes
Dorchester
Exeter
Seaton
Ryde
Boscastle
Newport
Lyme
Bournemouth
Sidmouth
DEVON
Wareham
Tintagel
ISLE
9 passing through kissing-gate.
Go
R
going
L
over
stile
after
through
kissing-gate
to
road.
Go
Regis
Launceston
Freshwater
OF
Exmouth
Go over field crossing stile to
cottage, L. Cross R-hand corner
6.9km/4¼ miles
R past pub,
continuing to go LWIGHT Shanklin
Weymouth
Swanage
Dawlish
Ventnor
lane. Cross, going Padstow
over stile. Cross
field
going
over
stile.
Go
half-L
to
Continue
L
around
crater
following
outbound
route over
Teignmouth
Tavistock
Fortuneswell
Wadebridge
Newton Abbot
Ashburton
Portland
Bill
Bodmin
field crossing stile L of tree.
Go
cross stile L of gate.
Cross next
through kissing-gate to memorial
common. Descend gravel path to
Buckfastleigh
Torquay
Liskeard
Newquay
half-R (hedge
corner) continuing
field Saltash
R of tree. Descend Totnes
over stile Paigntonstone. Continue, staying R at fork.
car park.
CORNWALL
Plymouth
Brixham
Austellstiles/ Looe
on L side hedge. CrossSttwo
into Torpoint
woods. Descend
over
bridge
Plympton
Dartmouth
St Agnes
bridge in hedge corner.
Cross Fowey exiting woodland via two stiles.
Truro
Kingsbridge
Redruth
field
Climb L side field crossing
St Ives and then two stiles/bridge.
Salcombe stile in L
Camborne
Head half-R
passing through
corner. Go R/ L crossing edge field
St Mawes
Falmouth
Start 1
St Just
Penzance
gate.
Cross field
trending L away
exiting via stile. Cross field
Helston
Sennen
Lytham St Anne's
Preston
Leyland
08
Todmorden
Rawtenstall
MIDLANDS
STAFFORDSHIRE
HANBURY CRATER
uDistance: 8.5km/5 miles uTime: 3 hours uGrade: Easy
PLAN YOUR WALK
Photo: Steve Goodier
Route
Don’t miss...
Planning
1
5
from
Land's End
fence/hedge near field end
crossing stile
(R of two trees).
Lizard
Cross stile continuing to go R
through gate before farm, cutting
L immediately down track
passing through gate. Go R of
buildings taking surfaced track
through farmyard. Exit to track
(white house).
ly Isles
2
2.2km/1¼ miles
Follow access track. After
‘The White Cottage’ go L over
✁
uRoute available to
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TRAILZILLA ID:
TZID15597
crossing stile in corner. Go over
field L of pond, crossing stile. Cross
field, crossing stile L of house. Pass
through electric fence gap going
half-R over field L of house. Pass
through fence gap passing
through stile/gate to path junction.
5
4
4
5.8km/3½ miles
Go L crossing two stiles in
field corner. Cross field aiming R
of high hedgeline staying on L of
field. Go L of pond continuing by
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