Start : Gloucester Road car park nearby Abbey Grounds, Tewkesbury on the west side of Gloucester Road a short way south of the Abbey. Grid ref. SO 888 322
(S/E) After parking exit the car park and turn right (South) along Gloucester Road. In a few metres you will reach a lane on your right (Lower Lode Lane). Walk down this lane following the Severn Way long-distance path and continue the kilometre or so to reach the River Severn.
(1): Bear left (South-West) along the river and follow the path with the river to your right. You now have just under three miles of easy walking before you turn inland.
Along the way you can make a short diversion by leaving the riverside path at grid ref. SO867299 to visit St Mary's Church and Odda's Chapel in Deerhurst. After completing these visits return to the riverside path and continue south to reach the Coalhouse Inn (grid ref. SO854283).
(2) The route now turns inland. Initially follow the access road (Gabb Lane) to the Coalhouse Inn.
(3) Where the road bends sharp left, follow the footpath ahead (South-East). This path leads gently uphill to reach the road (School Road) at the southern end of Apperley village (grid ref. SO861281) as it bears East.
(4) Turn left (North) along the road for 200 m to the road junction with a grassed island.
(5) Turn right here along Sawpit Lane. After 730 metres or so, take the footpath on your left just past Apperley Village Hall. After just over 100 metres bear right onto a footpath which leads across fields to reach the end of a track just south of Deerhurst Vicarage (grid ref. SO872292).
(6) Ignore the track (on your left) and continue ahead. The path soon turns left and continues North to reach a lane (grid ref, SO873297).
(7) Cross the road and take the continuing path North as it initially follows the west bank of a small stream.
(8) At grid ref. SO874303, the path turns left to reach the edge of a wooded slope (Rayer's Hill) before turning right to follow the edge of the wood. Stay on this path using the edge of the wood as your guide and continue North.
(9) The path continues alongside a golf course and eventually joins a driveway which leads onto the lane used for the first section of the walk from Tewkesbury (Waypoint (1)). Bear right along the lane and retrace your steps back to the car park used at the start of the walk. (S/E)