Harbury and Chesterton

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Walk directions

Walk through the car park behind the village hall and head south by football pitches to a gate in the far corner. Don’t go through it, but bear right to follow the waymarkers for the Centenary Way. Cross a field to a second gate onto Bush Heath Lane. Turn left and walk down to a junction of lanes.

Go right here, signed ‘Kingston Farm’, over a cattle grid and along the grass verge of a driveway for about 600yds (549m), still following the Centenary Way. Where the Way goes off to the left, continue ahead along a quiet country lane. Soon the buildings of Kingston Barn farm will be to your left, but fork right to follow the lane as it goes to the right of the farm complex, to reach a lane going off to the right by a footpath guide post.

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  Terrain  - Farm driveways and field paths
  Landscape  - Rolling Warwickshire countryside
  Dog friendliness  - Under control at all times
  Parking  - On-street parking near village hall in Harbury
  Toilets en route  - None on route
About the walk
This walk starts from one of the oldest places in Warwickshire, for Harbury was once the home of a huge ichthyosaurus that roamed the local countryside. Its skeleton and those of a plesiosaurus and several marine dinosaurs have been found in the old quarries here, as have Bronze Age cooking pots. ...
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The sparkle of sunlight on a gentle river as it meanders through beautiful countryside; the reflections of sailing boats on a lake; relaxing with a pint in the garden of an old English pub in a picturesque village; brightly coloured narrow boats making their way through a flight of lock gates; the imposing silhouette of an historic castle. These are the scenes that make Warwickshire a delight.
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Harbury and Chesterton

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Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Farm driveways and field paths
  Landscape - Rolling Warwickshire countryside
  Dog friendliness - Under control at all times
  Parking - On-street parking near village hall in Harbury
  Toilets en route - None on route
About the walk
This walk starts from one of the oldest places in Warwickshire, for Harbury was once the home of a huge ichthyosaurus that roamed the local countryside. Its skeleton and those of a plesiosaurus and several marine dinosaurs have been found in the old quarries here, as have Bronze Age cooking pots. ...
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Warwickshire
The sparkle of sunlight on a gentle river as it meanders through beautiful countryside; the reflections of sailing boats on a lake; relaxing with a pint in the garden of an old English pub in a picturesque village; brightly coloured narrow boats making their way through a flight of lock gates; the imposing silhouette of an historic castle. These are the scenes that make Warwickshire a delight.