Go along Lower Street heading out of the village towards Bourton on the Hill, very carefully past Lower Brook House. After about a mile, there is the first turning on the left, marked with a signpost to Batsford and Aston Magna. Take that left turning, and a few hundred yards along there's a T-junction, where you turn left. About a quarter of a mile further along that road, there is a little parking area on the right, with enough room for two or three cars, and a gate on the right. There’s a walk from there to Batsford described at the end of this one.
For the Holly Walk walk, cross the road to where the signpost is and follow the path to the right. The first field often has sheep in it, with an electric fence, so obviously it is essential to have your dog on the lead! The second field has crops, but again there are often sheep to the field on the left, so it is important to keep your dog on the lead.
At the end of that second field you come to a beautiful old stone wall, with a fabulous view of Blockley. There is a route back to Blockley by turning left – see Walk 6, Pasture Lane #2 walk. Holly Walk is the route off to the right, through lovely woods with a continuous view of Blockley on the left. There are often cows in the fields immediately the other side of the wall, and there can be gaps in the fencing, so you need to be really careful with your dogs. There is a lot of hidden wire, much of it rusty barbed wire where it has fallen into the vegetation near the path, on both sides. This is clearly a potential risk to your dogs (and off-piste kids…) so sticking to the path is very important. And there can often be sheep in fields to the right of the path, where much of it has no fencing/barrier at all.
The other walk from this spot is to Batsford (and then on to Moreton if you’re feeling energetic.) You go through the gate on the opposite side to this walk and keep going for about half an hour til you come to the road which leads to Batsford Arboretum (if you turn left). You cross the little road and then you’re onto the next walk – Batsford to Moreton.
For the Holly Walk walk, cross the road to where the signpost is and follow the path to the right. The first field often has sheep in it, with an electric fence, so obviously it is essential to have your dog on the lead! The second field has crops, but again there are often sheep to the field on the left, so it is important to keep your dog on the lead.
At the end of that second field you come to a beautiful old stone wall, with a fabulous view of Blockley. There is a route back to Blockley by turning left – see Walk 6, Pasture Lane #2 walk. Holly Walk is the route off to the right, through lovely woods with a continuous view of Blockley on the left. There are often cows in the fields immediately the other side of the wall, and there can be gaps in the fencing, so you need to be really careful with your dogs. There is a lot of hidden wire, much of it rusty barbed wire where it has fallen into the vegetation near the path, on both sides. This is clearly a potential risk to your dogs (and off-piste kids…) so sticking to the path is very important. And there can often be sheep in fields to the right of the path, where much of it has no fencing/barrier at all.
The other walk from this spot is to Batsford (and then on to Moreton if you’re feeling energetic.) You go through the gate on the opposite side to this walk and keep going for about half an hour til you come to the road which leads to Batsford Arboretum (if you turn left). You cross the little road and then you’re onto the next walk – Batsford to Moreton.
