3 mile route with beautiful (but steep) foray into a fairy-tale valley.
Start point: River Gardens car park (P&D)
Distance: 3 miles
Time: 1.5 hours
Stiles: yes
Livestock: paddock
Accessibility: Best avoided as steep and slippery walk down and back up stream ravine. Some scope for route adaptation, however stiff gates and no pavement on roads means there are better routes.
From the mills, cross river and head up Ashbourne Road towards Blackbrook to past houses to track on left side with footbridge and ford. Take track up past farms on left and right and carry straight up track through two sometimes stiff to open farm gates.
Just before house at top of hill, go through kissing gate on left side and through field to gate by telegraph pole. Proceed carefully down steep and sometimes slippery slope to footbridge over stream, then carefully up hill on other side to stone stile over wall on right. Go straight along left side of field and over two stiles to Farnah Green.
Turn right and then left before field to bottom of Chevin. Go through squeeze stile and head downhill to squeeze stile and road. Turn left then right just before first house and through gate. Head left downhill through two squeeze stiles to riverside walk. Turn left and follow path back to start point.
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