Begin downhill, very soon taking the first left, Church Street. Turn left. As you reach the primary school, turn right. Aim for a brick, brown-and-white house but, after a two-plank footbridge, go left to a tarmac road. Turn right. In 300yds (274m) turn left, to the A4113. Cross, turning immediately right up a lane. Ascend for a short mile (1.6km). Soon after a skew junction go forward beyond a corrugated shelter, taking the left of two gates. Just beyond a second corrugated shelter, take a gap in the hedge by a defunct stile on the right. Go three-quarters left, across two more fields, to replanted woodland. At the A4113 turn left but soon right, beside a wire fence. At the end follow the field edge round to the left for 40yds (37m). Go down a very steep, earthy bank (care needed) in trees to pass Hollows Farm on your right, then along a good road, soon dead straight for 0.5 miles (800m) to Brakes Farm.

Go straight ahead (waymarker), across a field to find a stile/gate beside a pond in the far left corner. Cross a minor road diagonally, then cross fields to a minor lane beside houses Nos 20 and 19. The parallel minor road could be used if the field is ploughed. Turn left. Soon turn right, downhill. Turn right, along the river, just before a bridge over the River Teme. Skirt two unnamed houses. Up a bank, join a dirt road. Follow this to Castle Bridge. Ascend but within 110yds (100m) of leaving woodland go half right, across a field, rejoining the dirt road into forest for perhaps 60yds (55m). (If the footpath is not established, it would make sense to go round the road, not trample the crop.) Scramble up a bank (waymarker). Traverse the steep meadow to a gate in the top, among oaks. Keep this line to go across a wide meadow, locating a stile on the left into harvested trees.

Turn left and descend. When you reach open meadow, curve round a dry valley. At a left bend go through a gate on the right. Go left of a specimen oak to a hidden gate in the bottom corner (marked by a bright red disc). Cross over a footbridge and turn right. Cross meadow to a gate, and soon reach a minor road. Turn right. Descend easily through Burrington, to St George’s Church. Behind the church, cross meadows to Burrington Bridge. Cross the River Teme. After 650yds (594m) take the right turn. When you reach Downton, head towards Old Downton Lodge, and skirt around the Lodge buildings. Beyond a wall take the rightmost gate (waymarker), along an old lane. Shortly move right to ascend a right-hand field-edge, soon following a beech-lined avenue to reach a junction with a dirt track.

Over a stile into an expansive field, swing left to descend, initially steeply. Past a small (possibly dry) pond veer left along a right-hand field-edge to a hidden stile in the corner and a road. Turn right. Within 275yds (251m), at Wysteria Cottage, take a kissing gate. Cross three fields to soon emerge on Watling Street. Turn right to Church Street and back to the start.