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Hanley William: Hanley Dinglewaterfalls, woodland and pool.

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Hanley William

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LENGTH: 3 miles

1. Leave the churchyard by the backmetal gates.

Turn left and go thought the farm gate.Continue ahead to the stile to the leftof the barns. Continue over a furtherstile to Hanley Court.

2. Bear right to follow the bridleway,which is signposted.

After passing the Court, take the stileon the left not take the metal gate infront of you. Bear left to go into thenext field and follow the line of thefence down to the edge of the wood.On reaching the wood, turn left (don’ttake the gate into the wood that facesyou) and continue to a gate and stile.

TEME VALLEY SOUTHOUR STORIES IN LIVING HISTORY:Hanley William: Hanley Dingle

waterfalls, woodland and pool. Hanley William: Hanley Dinglewaterfalls, woodland and pool.

4. Continue on along the top ofthe dingle.

You will see signs for footpathsthat cut across, but ignore theseand continue straight ahead. Youwill eventually reach buildingsconnected to ‘Brick Barns’. Take thestile to the right. Follow the path toa drive where you turn right (don’tturn left into Grovewood)

5. Continue along this track.

Shortly after a house on your leftthere is a metal footpath gate on yourright. Take into the gardened areaand leave by the similar gate in frontof you. Go diagonally across the fieldto the gate in the boundary to yourleft. Head for the telegraph pole nearthe edge of the wood and go throughthe gate to continue on the path.Shortly on your right you will see agate that leads to the other side of thevalley. Go through the gate. Collier’spool and waterfall is now beneathyou.

6. Continue up the hill and back toHanley Court.

3. The gate and stile are above awaterfall into the dingle.

Return back to the gate to continuethe walk. Go through the gate andcontinue downwards into the dingle.The path crosses an embankmentand bridge spanning the dingle.Shortly afterwards the path bears left.Ignore the path to the right. Enjoy thewoodland and sound of waterrunning over the fall.

Either retrace your steps on thefootpath you set out on or continuedown the drive to the Lodge. Here turnleft on the road and continue back toHanley William Church.

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