A circuit from beautiful Berkswell
From the car park in the village, go right onto Church Lane and, just past the school but before the church, go right through a kissing gate. Follow the Heart of England Way to Meriden Road via four kissing gates. Go left along the road for 300yds (274m), having crossed to the pavement on the opposite side. Go right up a farm lane, passing through a kissing gate by a cattle grid and then Blind Hall Farm.
At the end of the lane/track go through a kissing gate by the farm gate, bear sharp left and walk along the field edge to its left corner, just past a small pond. Go left over a footbridge and then through a kissing gate and continue by the left-hand side of the hedge. The waymarked footpath weaves in and out of the hedge. After continuing ahead through a wide hedge gap, walk to the field corner and go left, skirting a small pond, to reach a kissing gate by some houses in Four Oaks. Ignore the kissing gate and bear left. In 90 paces go right over a plank footbridge and stile to cross the large, cultivated field diagonally, and exit onto Meriden Road via a kissing gate. Cross over and continue down the driveway to the right of Wilmot Cottage opposite, going through a gateway onto farmland. The path goes to the right of the hedge for two fields, crossing one stile, offering a clear view of Home Farm to the left; then, over another stile, crosses a third field diagonally. In about 625yds (571m), through a smaller field, you will reach the corner of Mercote Hall Lane via a kissing gate.
Go left along Mercote Hall Lane for about 0.5 miles (800m), passing the Park Farm complex. Pass through a gate and walk along the lane past the large enclosed sand and gravel pits.
At the end of the pit area, at a track junction, go left along a footpath to the left of a copse, then right over a footbridge and stile. Cross to a gate and footbridge, ascend to a kissing gate and walk to the left of a hedge on the approach to Marsh Farm.
Just beyond the farm, turn left and follow the farm track alongside the hedge towards Sixteen Acre Wood. Cross the stile into the wood and take the track along the wood edge for some 700yds (640m). Emerging from the woodland, join the footpath for two fields, with the hedge on your left, then go through a strip of trees into former parkland via a kissing gate. Follow the path quarter-left across the cultivated field for some 650yds (594m) and you will enjoy a magnificent view of Berkswell Hall Lake. Enter trees and go left through a kissing gate to rejoin the Heart of England Way. Cross the footbridge onto a planked causeway with Berkswell Hall to your left. Continue ahead to a kissing gate. Go on through a tree belt to a kissing gate and then a gate, and back into Berkswell. Go through the churchyard along Church Lane to return to the car park.
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