Willoughton - Hemswell Maypole

Start - Willoughton Village bus shelter, DN21 5RT

• 1
  Leave the bus shelter, heading along Church Street towards St.Andrew's Church, but take the first right into and along Middle Street.
• 2
  At the road junction turn left, shortly cross the road, turning right into and along the Long Lane.
• 3
  Passing the racing stables on the right, at the end of the tarmac lane follow the public footpath sign into and through a belt of trees for over a mile.
• 4
  At the end of the tree belt, a gate leads into a paddock, cross and through another gate, bearing diagonally right to a gate at a lane corner.
• 5
  Once in the lane, bear left towards Hemswell, on reaching houses, bear right to a road corner (junction of Dawnhill Lane & Brook Street).
• 6
  Turn left along Dawnhill Lane to the end at a road junction.
• 7
  Turn right into Church Street, proceeding to the Maypole at Maypole Street.
• 8
  Turn right into Maypole Street.
• 9
  At the end of Maypole Street, bend right along Brook Street to the junction at Dawnhill Lane, retracing your steps to Point 5. Turn left onto the lane/track known as Southfield Lane. Follow this to its junction with Corringham Road at Willoughton.
• 10
  At the road junction go straight on along Templefield Road, past the Stirrup Inn back to the start.