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The actual start of the walk is off Tillet's Lane, opposite the entrance to Lucas Road. Just past this there's a small lay-by with room for only a couple of cars which is where I parked. If this is full you can park a little down the way on Friday Street but is quite narrow here.
Little bit hilly but no steep climbs. Mix of muddy woodland paths, small section of private road, and grassy field paths. One stepped section, no stiles or gates.
Sort of - there's a couple of stream sections and a small pond by one of the fields. Nothing deep enough to swim, Hank had a paddle and came out absolutely stinking!
Poo bin right at the start opposite Lucas Road
The Greets Inn on Friday Street is a lovely village pub.
Heading into the woods at the start off the walk you go past the houses on your left and into a nice open field. Through this and into the second field, once you get to the top there's a right turn signposted (partially blocked by a fallen tree when I visited ), ignore this turn, carry on and a short while later the path goes off to the right again through the treelike and along the edge of another nice big open grassy field. At the far corner of this field there's a 4-way junction. We went right for a little bit here hoping we could explore the woods by the path but looks like private woods so got as far as the little stream crossing and then came back and down the hill at the junction (so basically, when you get to the 4-way - go left!).
Down the hill the track takes you round to the left at the bottom of the hill and past Warnham Manor on your right. Following the entrance road out away from Warnham Manor, shortly after there's a path to your left, and this takes you up and back to the fields you came through earlier so you can then head back the way you came to the car.
This is a really pretty area, and adjacent to many of the more established paths there's lots of little side routes through woodlands and we found some lovely little bluebell trails. It's very quiet too, and lots of nice open spaces so plenty of off-lead opportunities. We didn't see any grazing animals at all, but some sections of paths are bridleways so will be used by horses.
