7 miles (11.3km) with 113m of total ascent
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| The bridleway between points 9 and 10 |
There is one section approaching point 3 where the track can be waterlogged at a ford, but we were shown a short detour by a local walker which avoids the muddy bit and which we have incorporated into the walk.
Directions
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| Map for Walk 130: Furneux Pelham North Loop Created on Map Hub by Hertfordshire Walker Elements © Thunderforest © OpenStreetMap contributors There is an interactive map below these directions |
1: From the Church of St Mary in Furneux Pelham (location - https://w3w.co/listed.printing.remaining) head E along The Street, then S, then E again for 440m until you reach The Brewery Tap pub on your right (location - https://w3w.co/inherits.barmaid.merge).
2: Turn left at the pub and walk N up Violet’s Lane. On your left you will pass the former Pelham Brewery, which is now private housing. The brewery was set up by William Rayment who farmed at Furneux Pelham from the 1820s. At one point the brewery had 36 pubs but closed in 1987.
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| The point where the track can be waterlogged - see detour option below |
3: For the detour, turn right off the track and then immediately turn left and head N walking parallel to the waterlogged track with the hedgerow on your left and the field on your right. Continue for 90m until you reach a gap in the hedge (location - https://w3w.co/stags.beam.comically).
Go through the gap, turn right, and then follow Stocking Pelham footpath 14 uphill as it heads E.
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| The two footbridges on footpath 14 mentioned below |
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| Turn right at the tree and follow the path right then left to Ginns Road |
Follow the path round to the SE then head ENE for 290m keeping the hedgerow on the right and the field on the left until you reach Ginns Road (location - https://w3w.co/sheds.various.lives).
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| Stocking Pelham footpath 7 turning right off Ginns Road (point 4) |
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| The two footpaths turning right off the lane (point 5) |
6: Take the footpath on the left, Stocking Pelham footpath 2, and head NW across a field. When we did this walk there were two friendly horses which walked alongside us for 110m until we reached a break in the electric fence. Once over the fence continue heading NW for 110m to the left of a small copse and then bend to the right to the NW corner of the field where you will reach a gate (location - https://w3w.co/cubed.milkman.hence).
Go through the gate, turn to your left, and head NW for 240m until you reach Hall Wood. Continue with Hall Wood on your right until you reach the end of the wood (location - https://w3w.co/verb.worked.pylons).
7: Turn right on Brent Pelham and Meesden footpath 23A and head NNE along the edge of Hall Wood for 120m. When you reach the end of the woodland the footpath bends to the left and then heads NNW for 170m to a footpath junction (location - https://w3w.co/download.slap.warned).
8: Here you join Brent Pelham and Meesden footpath 23 and continue heading NNW for 280m until you reach the B1038 (location - https://w3w.co/nerve.encoding.arming).
9: When you reach the road look diagonally to your right where you will see Brent Pelham and Meesden bridleway 29 (location - https://w3w.co/arrives.manliness.regularly). Take this track and follow it NNE and N for 1.2km to a junction in the track (location - https://w3w.co/stages.hosts.cyclones).
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| Bridleway 28 heading NW off bridleway 26 (point 10) |
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| Take the footpath to the left of the trees and head SW (point 11) |
11: Here you head to the left of the trees and continue on Brent Pelham and Meesden footpath 20 with the hedgerow on your right and the field on your left heading SW for 270m until you reach a field (location - https://w3w.co/edgy.tennis.picnic).
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| Head S then SW with the River Ash on your right (point 12) |
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| The gate at the end of the equestrian field (point 12) |
13: After passing the pub turn left on a lane and head SSE for 360m passing St Mary The Virgin church on your right, crossing a junction, and continuing SSE until you reach a path on your right (location - https://w3w.co/kept.appraised.exhales).
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| Footpath 5 crosses the crops - follow the line of the yellow arrow (point 14) |
15: Continue on Furneux Pelham footpath 5 heading SSW for 400m until you reach Whitebarns Farm Cottages (location - https://w3w.co/windmills.mimic.sweeping).
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| Take the right fork in the direction of the yellow arrow (point 16) |
17: You are now on Furneux Pelham footpath 3, although there are no signs at this point. Continue heading S with the woodland on your right and the fields on your left for 800m. At the end of the woodland continue heading S passing some allotments on the right before reaching a footpath junction at a gate (location - https://w3w.co/headings.schematic.ember). Turn left after the gate and head S, now on Furneux Pelham footpath 1, and continue for 130m back to the village and the starting point.
Walked this route today, fabulous and so peaceful. Walked route 134 last weekend so have now completed both walks from Furneux Pelham. Both walks are excellent, well done. Maggie
ReplyDeleteHi Maggie,
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed both walks. We enjoyed them too. Thanks for the feedback.
David
This was a fantastic walk, thanks for creating it. You weren't wrong about the waterlogged track at the beginning! Even after weeks of dry weather it was impassable, so I hopped up into that field on the right as soon as I could - there's a decent width field margin pretty much the whole way along, so no danger of trampling crops. Looking forward to trying the other FP loop, too. My only word of caution, particularly as it's in the summer overgrowth period, is that the route from the beginning up until Ginns Road seemed to be quite dog-messy, so you need to watch your feet! Superb walk, and I will be doing it again.
ReplyDeleteHi Steve,
DeleteGlad you found the detour round the flooded section but sorry to hear of the dog mess. Sadly it's a problem on many paths close to villages or car parks. In those sections we tend to spend more time looking at the ground rather than admiring the views. I hope you enjoy Walk 134: Furneux Pelham W Loop.
David