월포드, 레튼, 뉴턴 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Best place to have a refreshing pint after this walk

The climb up Stapleton Hill from Kinsham is a delight once you leave the road behind. Lovely path mainly grass, with woods to one side.

On the first part of the route this place just looks a bit unkempt, but on the second part of the route approaching from the west it is difficult to navigate, there is no path and it is very overgrown with brambles and bracken. Fortunately the difficulties don't last long and soon you will be on a clear track through the woods again.

This path down from Stapleton Hill to Lingen is superb, It is bosky and tree covered, in parts a sunken lane, but always clear. Well done to the builders of the Herefordshire Trail for finding this one!

Just downstream of Downton Castle, the Teme runs through a winding wooded section, and there are a few open views such as this one.

Another view of the imposing Downton Castle, seen from the Herefordshire Trail that runs directly beneath it.

The view up to the castle from the bridge over the river Teme shows how imposing the place is, up on the hillside overlooking the Teme Valley. It is an 18th Century mock castle manor house, built on the fortune of one of the Industrial revolution Ironmasters who owned Bringewood Ironworks just downstream from here.

The gorge was formed by the river Teme forcing its way through a limestone ridge, and you can see the limestone where is forms the river bed below the bridge.