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Fradley Junction Walk 4

Route facts

Waterways:
Coventry Canal »
Trent & Mersey Canal »

Distance: 0.99 miles / 1.6 km

Duration: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Circular route from: Fradley Junction

A leisurely walk from Fradley Junction.

Getting there

Parking: Park in the British Waterways car park by Fradley Junction

 

Waypoints

1. Start

Leave the British Waterways car park and walk left alongside the shop and information centre with the canal on your right to Bridge 51.

Easting: 414025, Northing: 314036

2. Bridge 51 to Farmhouse

Opposite Bridge 51, walk away from the canal along a driveway, keeping to the right of Ivyleigh Cottage. Go half left across the grass to the far corner of the garden and follow a well used path through the woodland with the caravan park on your left. Cross the two stiles at the end of the wood, and go straight across the field to the stile ahead. Cross the stile and then walk diagonally across the field in the direction of the farmhouse.

Easting: 413763, Northing: 314632

3. Farmhouse to field

Turn right and continue along this farm drive. Before reaching the cottages and the road, turn right and cross the field diagonally up a hill, to a wooden gate in the corner. Go through the gate and follow with the fence on your left to two stiles.

Easting: 414347, Northing: 314430

4. Field back to start

Cross the stiles and follow the well used path through the woods with the caravan park on your right to a gap in the hedge into a garden. Cross the garden diagonally and continue along the drive to the left of the cottages until you reach the canal. Cross over Bridge 51 to return to the car park.

Easting: 413927, Northing: 314218