(S/E) From Inkberrow village green turn left (South) down the main A422 road past Lilac Cottage turning right (West) into Stonepit Lane and continuing gently uphill past Greens Croft Way.
(1) After 200 paces turn right (North) to take a public footpath immediately after house number 22. Keep ahead on a grassed path soon to walk with the hedge left and houses right, eventually crossing a stile where you will see a green Millennium Way waymarker.
Go with the hedge left for 70 paces to where the hedge ends to find a small waymarker post on the left (having just joined the Millennium Way you will now leave it, so DO NOT bear over to the right to the waypost). Turn left (West-North-West) at the hedge corner to large field and then go immediately diagonally very slightly right, ignoring any path diagonally right across field, to reach a narrow hedge gap, with a finger post, to the road (Withybed Lane).
(If it is heavily cropped and to avoid taking the wrong line you may wish to walk around two sides of the field with the hedge left looking carefully on the second side to take the narrow hedge gap on left).
(2) Go through the kissing gate on the opposite side of the road, then immediately right through the wooden 5 bar gate to go diagonally (North-West) across the large field (sometimes this field has temporary electrified paddock fencing with blue insulated hand hooks to allow safe passage).
Go through the metal kissing gate ahead, then stay on the same line to pass under power lines to find a second metal kissing gate at the field corner. Take the kissing gate to the next field and continue along the field edge on an ill-defined path with a hedge right to pass under power cables.
Approx 200 paces after passing under the power cables look out for a wide hedge gap on right. (Take special care not to miss this gap - the gap is about 40 paces after the second lone tree). Take the gap then go immediately left to continue on the same line but now with hedge left passing under power cables again, to reach a vehicle track at the field corner gap.
(3) Cross the track and continue down the field with a hedge left to eventually cross a double stile footbridge. Continue around the next field keeping the hedge left. After approximately 250 yds (just past a group of trees) you come to a very narrow hidden hedge gap on the left where a path joins. Ignore the gap and turn immediately right up field keeping the hedge far left. (If the farmer has not reinstated this path just carry on forward to walk around the edge of the field keeping edge left.)
Aim for the end of the left-hand hedge, then at this point turn left going across a large gap, and then keep the hedge left to find the corner fence stile. Take stile into next field then keep fence left across the field towards the small open barn. Approaching the barn you will find a single gate followed by a metal gate adjacent to the barn with a pedestrian side gate. Go forward to reach the T- junction and turn left (North-West) along the track.
(4) Continue down this farm access track to reach the road then turn left (West). Pass by the entrance to Stockwood Lodge Farm, (ignore the wooden bridge left) and continue past the farm buildings and green railings to enter a very large field.
Stay on the same heading directly across the large field towards the line of trees to reach a waypost at the hedge gap. Continue through this wide gap into the next field, cross the field in between two lone trees to reach the edge of the wood where there is another waypost at the corner.
(5) Turn left (South-West) here following the bridleway keeping the wood on your right. Coming to another waypost follow the waymarker direction slightly left across the field on an undefined path. On reaching the wood, bear left to follow around to a gap 10 paces past the field corner, where you will see another waypost.
Turn right at the waypost keeping the wood right. At the corner of the field turn right for a few paces then left (South-East) to find the lane behind hedge. Go down the lane keeping Orchard Cottage on the right eventually reaching an attractive church in Dormston. Go past the church to T-junction and turn left onto Dormston Lane.
(6) Continue along the road for 1/2 mile passing the entrance to Dormston Manor and crossing the stream in the dip to go uphill to reach Hill Farm House Bed and Breakfast on the right and Hill Farm on the left.
Next to Hill Farm we turn left (East) through a fence gap by a metal gate. You have now rejoined The Millennium Way and will again see the familiar green waymarkers. At the end of the outbuildings continue ahead for a little while with a hedge left to field edge gap.
Continue ahead with the hedge left and, at the end of the hedge, find the waypost and bear diagonally left across the field, to find a barely visible yellow-topped waypost 15 paces in from the corner of the field. Enter a small coppice veering slightly left to exit by the gate into the right-hand field.
Go diagonally across the centre of the field towards another barely visible yellow-topped waymarker post at top of the field just to left of a copse of trees. Go through the gap and then cross the field diagonally left to go towards the farm buildings under two sets of power cables to reach a wide gated gap with a visible waypost tucked in the field corner.
(7) Go through the gated gap following the green Millennium Way waymarker then go forward to cross the narrow track towards the fence. Stay with the fence and farm garden right to reach and take a large metal gate. Go slightly left to take a further metal gate to then walk a further 30 paces to turn right (East) by the waymarked post.
Continue around the back of the farm buildings going between the open storage barn on your left but staying close to the large roofed barn on your right. After passing between the barns, cross the farm track then over fence stile to bear slightly right to the corner of the field ahead.
At the corner take care over the double stile and wooden bridge (often overgrown & bridge needs some repair work) into the next field. Go directly across the field to take the stile and ditch bridge. Go diagonally left across the field to find and take stile in the hidden hedge gap.
Stay with hedge left and large gardens right to take the wooden gate in corner of field then stay ahead on the rough track past houses to take the further small wooden gate to the left of 5 bar gate. Continue on the track to the road (Withybed Lane) then go slightly left to cross the road to take steps up to alleyway between properties.
(8) Continue past recently built housing until the walkway ends at the public footpath you previously walked out on (1). You now leave the Millennium Way which goes left. Turn right and retrace your steps by turning right (South), then turn left (East) down Stonepit Lane to reach the main road (A422). Turn left (North) again to arrive back at Inkberrow village green. There are two pubs and a village shop closeby.(S/E)
