Start: Hatton Railway Station. Grid ref. SP 223 663
(S) From Hatton Railway Station car park, walk up the road to the junction. Cross the road ahead and slightly right to go through the small wooden gate on the left of a telegraph pole. Go ahead down steps.
(1) At the bottom turn left on the towpath with the canal on your right. Walk ahead 1⁄2 mile on the towpath (take care - some sections are very narrow, and mind your head on low bridges) to where it ends at the entrance to a tunnel.
(2) Walk up a paved path to the left, then between wooden posts onto a partly gravelled track. Walk ahead, ignoring field entrances on the left and right, to a road.
(3) Cross the road and ahead down the path to the right of the house number 96 (Orchard Cottage), with Canal and River Trust signpost on the hedge. Walk down steps and through tunnel to rejoin towpath, again with the canal on the right. Take care again – more narrow path sections and low bridges.
(4) Walk ahead 3 miles on the towpath.
(5) At the canal the junction, do not cross bridge ahead, but turn left on towpath (signposted Stratford Canal). Under railway bridge, then turn right across a small black and white bridge. Walk ahead (signposted Kings Norton), passing a lock on the right.
(6) Cross another bridge and turn right. Pass another lock on the right. Walk under bridge 35 then double back to the left and turn left to cross the pedestrian bridge next to a road bridge. Walk ahead on the left-hand pavement and under the railway bridge.
(7) Turn left onto Station Lane. Cross the side road Lapworth Oaks and walk ahead 1⁄4 mile on the left-hand pavement to turn left into Lapworth station. (E)