Around Cleobury Mortimer
Walk through the alleyway under the Talbot Hotel to the main street. Go down Eagle Lane opposite. When the lane bends right, cross a gate into a field. Go up right to a gate, then go diagonally to the top right corner of the next field. Cut rightwards across the corner of another, then go diagonally across the next to meet the far hedge, in line with a solitary oak. Follow the right-hand hedge down to Rowley Brook and turn right to cross a bridge.
Climb diagonally, passing another solitary oak. Cross a stile in the hedge, squeeze past another and go straight on by the left-hand hedge, along a level field. Go through a gate and down the next field to meet a track; turn left then swing right towards Reaside Manor Farm. Pass between the farmhouse and its outbuildings, cross a stile and bear left past an oak tree (complete with treehouse). Descend the slope, continue to a footbridge and cross the River Rea.
Climb to the far right corner of the next field, which funnels into a short a track. Follow this over a slight rise then turn left into a leafy tunnel. Follow this to meet a lane. Turn left along the narrow, high-banked lane for nearly 0.5 miles (800m), until you can turn right on a stony track, which leads past The Rookery, then down to the River Rea. Look out for Mawley Hall away to the left here.
Cross the Rea on a footbridge to the right of a weir. This peaceful spot by the weir was once the site of a charcoal furnace, built in the 16th century for smelting iron ore. Go forward to cross a stone bridge then turn left on a grassy track. Follow this twisting track uphill and then go diagonally across a small field to meet a wider track which takes you past Mawley Hall. At a T-junction with another track, turn right past paddocks, then left at a footpath sign. The path descends to loop round a walled garden, then doubles back right towards the river.
Crossing the Rea again, turn right and follow the river. When you reach a lane, you can take this back to Cleobury or, better, look for a grassy bridleway on the left, climbing to the left of a brick-fronted house, then on through grassland and along a leafy tunnel. Once houses take over at Mortimer Hill, start looking for a path on the right that descends beside Mortimer Cottage. Continue down the lane opposite then take a path on the left beside a stream. Reach Church Street and turn left, back to the Talbot passageway.
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- Private garden
- Lawn area
- Garden furniture



