아쇼 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Its different and makes think why and what for.

Worth the trip to see.

Should have gone anticlockwise so as to get the streets out of the way first. The detour around HS2 site was a pain as not clearly sign posted. Apart from that a good walk.

The Norman Church of St Mary the Virgin across Stoneleigh Meadows was created by the villagers into a Trust for the public in 1982. The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions two priests at Stoneleigh, but nothing about the church. Any building was probably of wood and rebuilt in red sandstone during the 12th century, representing over 800 years of births, marriages and deaths. Many of the old village names are on the headstones in the churchyard and have been researched by the Stoneleigh History Society.

The trail runs straight through a golf club here, beautiful scenery but watch out for flying golf balls.

Cuts off the Kenilworth Road and traffic lights but only when it is dry…

Ok if it is dry otherwise it’s muddy…

Blackdown Mill, a watermill for which there are documentary records from the Medieval period. It was in use until the 1920s and the waterwheel and some of the machinery survive. It is on the south side of Hill Wootton Road. A mill, probably this site, is recorded in 1086. Later it became the property of Coombe Abbey. Information on ownership exists for the 16th to 20th centuries. The mill operated until the mid 1920s. The buildings are now the premises of an antiques dealer. The mill is a mixture of 18th and 19th century buildings. The older part is a three-storey brick structure with a large wooden extension housing the waterwheel. The appearance of this building has been considerably altered this century. The waterwheel is in place, but most of the machinery has been removed. In the yard behind the mill are traces of a steam engine which was installed in the mid 19th century.