(S) Walk out to Hammonds Farm entrance drive, and turn right past Hammonds Barn. When the lane turns right, keep straight on down the grassy track ahead.
Cross the stile at the end and cross the field diagonally, aiming just left of Rodborough Common, the prominent hill on the skyline. Cross the lane (Painswick Old road) and go through the gateway opposite. Turn right and cross the field, following any signs on site.
The path leads eventually to and along the lip of a valley on your left, to a metal stile in the far corner. Continue in a similar vein to a second stile. Descend the hillside to a gate into a track.
(1) Follow the track past some houses on the left into a road (Lovedays Mead). When the road bends left, follow a path ahead, to the left of the bollards, which curves down to meet the main road (Beeches Green).
Turn left past the roundabout and cross at the lights at the bottom of Slad Road. Walk up Gloucester Street past the Old Painswick Inn and the Queen Vic pubs.
(2) At the top of the road, carry straight on along the (pedestrianised) High Street. If you’re headed for the Farmer’s Market, you’ll find it in the Cornhill Market (at the top of the High Street) and the surrounding streets in Stroud. (E)
