1: A TOWN IN THE COUNTRY
A circular walking route of about 3 miles to complement the Thornbury Heritage Trail. There is one stile and about seven kissing gates. The section alongside Thornbury Farm Wood has flooded after heavy rain and the country sections can get muddy.
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Start next to Aldi in the Mary Street Shopping Centre – close to buses and parking.
Cross Rock Street towards the Rock Street car park and turn right. Cross Bath Road and Upper Bath Road and turn left down Streamleaze.
Take the first turning on the right to access the tunnel under Midland Way.
Go straight ahead up the cycle/foot path past Tesco car park and between Thornbury Farm Wood and the Industrial Estate.
At the junction, turn right down Vilner Lane. At the bottom, turn right past the bus stop. Cross Bristol Road using the traffic island and go up the drive towards Thornbury Golf Centre.
Just before you reach the Golf Course, turn right over a stile into an enclosed path. (You are now following part of The Jubilee Way and the Biodiversity Ring.)
Follow this past a couple of redundant gates until you reach Mundy Playing Fields.
Continue straight ahead past the stone stile on your left, where the Jubilee Way heads off into the country. Follow the ditch and hedge on the left.
The new hedge planted with native hedge plants on the right is part of The Biodiversity Ring.
We continue past the car park down the access lane to Kington Lane.
At the end, turn right past some cottages. Keep to the right until you see a kissing gate on the other side of the road. Through the gate, follow the enclosed path to another kissing gate.
Follow the edge of the cemetery until you see a new kissing gate into the field ahead.
Continue on the diagonal path across the field to another kissing gate.
Cross the footbridge over the stream and follow the path enclosed between a wire fence and a stone wall.
At the T-junction turn right.
Pass the entrances to the Castle and the Church, then cross the road towards the Glebe Field and turn left.
Follow the path between Pound Cottage and the Pound itself and cross Church Road to join the path alongside Park Road.
When a footpath joins from the right, cross Park Road into the grounds of Thornbury Park. Continue up the drive until a footpath sign diverts you to the right past a house to a kissing gate into the grounds of Castle School.
Follow the right of way to the left around the perimeter of the field and through the trees at the far end to find a kissing gate in the far corner.
Through the gate, turn right and follow the hedge on the right until you get to another kissing gate.
Through this gate, go up to a tarmac path and turn left keeping the stream on your left. Go past one footbridge and at the second turn right and immediately left to cross a footbridge over a tributary stream.
Follow the Streamside Walk upstream past the silted up remains of a pond and another footbridge.
Go through the underbridge beneath Park Road and follow the path past the Scout Hut.
When the tarmac path crosses the stream, you have the option of using the muddier path on the other bank, which leads to some stepping stones, which are slippery when wet.
It is safer to continue up the tarmac path to Gloucester Road. Cross the zebra crossing. On the other side, bear right to rejoin the Streamside Walk.
Continue to walk upstream. At the end, go straight ahead on the path between the houses. Cross the road into another enclosed path that takes you through to a grassy open space.
Turn left on the tarmac path across Oakleaze Green to some concrete bollards.
Go through the subway under Gillingstool and turn right up the ramp and continue past the school on the left.
Head up the hill to return to the pedestrian lights next to Rock Street car park and the start.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this leaflet is accurate and up to date at the time of publication. However, paths, access, and conditions may change over time due to weather, maintenance, or other factors beyond the control of the author or publisher. Walkers follow this route entirely at their own risk. Walkers are advised to take appropriate care, use suitable clothing and equipment, and check current conditions before setting out.
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