Southstoke

Distance – 3.9 Miles

Start from Odd Down Park & Ride

Turn right out of the entrance to the P&R onto Combe Hay Lane

Follow the road until you see a gate on your left with 2 more tracks forking to the left as the road bears right

Follow wide track straight ahead and down to a gate

Walk through the gate and down the farmer’s filed in line with the hedge to the gate at the bottom

Go through the gate and turn right onto a track, follow the track past some farm buildings and a house until you see a footpath sign to the left

Walk through the gate an follow the path along the fence until you come to a small tunnel

Walk through the tunnel and continue to follow the path until it goes up some steps through a gate to Combe Hay

Turn right onto the road and follow to the bottom next to the Wheatsheaf pub

Turn left at the bottom and follow the road until it forks, take the left fork and continue to follow past a row of cottages and onto a tack

Follow the track and turn though a gate on the right into the meadow

Walk across the meadow and down the hill to a brook

*** Detour to the abandoned locks… Cross the brook and turn right following the path through a gate until you get to the abandoned locks of the old Somerset Coal Canal

Turn around and follow the path back along the brook the way you came and walk up the hill towards the house at the top

Walk through the gate and carry on straight ahead through the woodland

Walk through the gate at the top and follow the path up the field to the next gate

Walk through and continue up the road bearing left at the top and follow the track to the viewpoint

From the viewpoint carry on along the track until you come to the gate on Combe Hay Lane

Turn right through the gate and back to Odd Down P&R

Back To Walks