B10 Information

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NORTON MALREWARD to CHEW MAGNA

Waypoint	Map Reference	Bearing (magnetic)
START	ST 6028 6510	344
WP1	ST 6016 6545	338
WP2	ST 5997 6586	341
WP3	ST 5963 6672	244
WP4	ST 5871 6622	195
WP5	ST 5854 6542	208
WP6	ST 5817 6463	193
WP7	ST 5794 6338	120
WP8	ST 5848 6310	170
WP9	ST 5856 6270	69
WP10	ST 5970 6319	96
WP11	ST 6016 6316	91
WP12	ST 6055 6317	48
WP13	ST 6068 6331	41
WP14	ST 6108 6382	100
WP15	ST 6190 6372	290
WP16	ST 6108 6397	339
WP17	ST 6099 6418	325
START	ST 6028 6510	-

General:- This 8.5 mile route offers three differing types of countryside. First there is a stiff climb up to Maes Knoll where you are rewarded by fine views over Chew Valley and its lake; its downhill after that to Chew Magna. Leaving the village you walk through typical Somerset Level agricultural land until waypoint 13 where it transforms into an attractive riverside walk into Pensford and back out to waypoint 17. After that its stiff climb back to the start.

BANES County Council have spent a lot of money installing metal kissing gates (X gates in map notes). This not only provides easy access through its numerous field boundaries but is a very visible indication of a public footpath and this makes path finding easier. Passing through so many gates in quick succession means you have to keep careful count to avoid getting off track.

There are two alternatives on the route. Between waypoints 6 and 7 our route runs down a track because its easier to navigate but there is another path running parallel to it. Sadly the landowner has ploughed this path; once crops get tall path finding will be difficult but you may think its worth a try for its better views. The route can be shortened by a mile by turning left over a bridge at waypoint 14 and rejoining at 16.

Very few of our routes have so many pubs to choose from. Three in Chew Magna plus others at Stanton Drew and Pensford.

How to get there: Park opposite the church in Norton Malreward. Via the A37 take the B3130 to Chew Magna at Belluton just north of Pensford. From Chew Magna there is only one road to the left once you are clear of the village.