Tuesday 23rd June Walk Canceled due to hot weather

Moreton in Marsh area - 8.25 miles (M)

Circular walk from Batsford Arboretum via Moreton in Marsh, Longborough, Sezincote and Bourton-on-the-Hill. Mostly fairly level with a couple of climbs, pasture and arable fields, woodland and minor roads. Three/four stiles.

Walk start is at Batsford Arboretum, on the A44 west of Moreton in Marsh.

Approx 50-minute drive from Redditch, via Evesham bypass, Broadway and Bourton on the Hill.

Park: Batsford Arboretum: W3W ///noodle.honeybees.digital. GL56 9AT is the postcode for satnavs. If this is not recognised, follow the directions below.

In Bourton-on-the Hill you will see brown direction signs. Drive down through the village and you will see red banners at the arboretum entrance, on the left at the bottom of the hill. Follow signs to main visitor car park.

We have permission to park a minimal number of cars in the carpark (so please car-share). Park well away from the visitor centre entrance, i.e. near the carpark entrance.

Please feel free to go into the good café (free entrance) for tea, cake, plants and toilets at the end (and possibly beginning) of the walk. Opening hours 9.30 -5.00, last orders 4.30. There is a toilet at Bourton on the Hill church (donation) and also in Moreton (payable) where it will be market day.

Leader: Mary Tyson