Pete's Walks- Maidensgrove and Rotherfield Peppard (page 4 of 6)
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I turned left, the byway soon turning right to reach the buildings around King's Farm, then bearing left to continue northwestwards. Initially there were paddocks and pastures over the wooden fence on my left with a mature hedgerow on my right. Further on I passed another part of Flowercroft Wood on my left, then another wood named The Paddock. When I eventually reached a junction with another byway (named Dog Lane on the OS map) I went straight on, now on a bridleway. Fairly soon this turned left, with overgrown meadows on my right and a golf course to my left. I followed the bridleway to its end at a road, where I turned right.
Near the start of the bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm, approaching Dog Lane
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm
The bridleway from King's Farm, approaching the road near Grey's Green
I followed the road the short distance into Greys Green, and stopped on a bench by the cricket pitch to eat my lunch. I then went down the footpath that started to the right of the cricket pavilion, which soon went downhill through a wood, and then crossed a sheep pasture to reach Rocky Lane. Across this I took a path going straight on, soon joining a drive through the grounds of Greys Court (a National Trust property).
Cricket pitch at Greys Green - the route continues just left of the house in the tope left of the photo
The path from Greys Green to Greys Court
The path from Greys Green to Greys Court
The path from Greys Green to Greys Court
The drive past Greys Court
I continued along the drive, passing the grand house on my left. The footpath then turned left, through the car park, and continued along the edge of a meadow beside a fence on my left. A little further on (now with a wood over the fence on my left) it went through a gate to switch to the other side of the fence, and soon passed a pond.
View from Greys Court
Greys Court
The footpath continuing from the Greys Court car park
Approaching the pond near Greys Court