Eathorpe and Wappenbury
From the Village Hall, head through the village, initially passing a lovely pair of 17th-century thatched dwellings called Myrtle and Thyme Cottages. At the end of the village, the road bends left to pass the old watermill, and crosses the bridge over the River Leam. In 80yds (73m), go right through a kissing gate into pastureland and follow the footpath to the left of the river. You will reach a fence with a distant view of Princethorpe College, with its fine turrets. Cross the stile and aim for the gate in the far left corner of the field beside a farm gate.
Through the gate, follow the waymarked direction, with the hedge on your right. Continue ahead via a kissing gate at a footpath junction and alongside a hedge, with wooded grounds on the crest ahead. Go through a field gate and continue ahead to a kissing gate to the right of some conifers. Continue alongside trees until you come to a gate at the road into Wappenbury, to the right of the walls of Wappenbury Hall’s grounds. Turn left along the village road until you come to the front gates of Wappenbury Hall. Go right here towards the Church of St John the Baptist – to its left you will see a fine thatched cottage called Garden Cottage. Walk along the lane to the right of the church and continue right, passing to the right of converted farm buildings. Head back into the open countryside. Go left at a footpath fork through a gate onto a footpath. Descend to a gate onto a single-arch brick bridge, with a second (metal) footbridge beyond it.
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