Summer Route 16 – Wigginton pub loop

1. From Wigginton pub, go down Brown’s Lane and cross Ashby Road, over railway footbridge,
   follow path with school on LHS. At bottom, turn left and first right onto ‘cut through’
   pathway, cross road onto Yarrow Close, then keep left until footbridge on left. Cross
   footbridge, up through trees then into field. Keep to top path through meadow, then
   straight across field (ignore path to left and right) at broken stile, through gap in hedge, turn
   right then left (keeping river on rhs). Follow this path through kissing gate, across meadow,
   over stile and another meadow until metal bridge at Amington Hall Farm.
2. Through gate (or stile) go straight on (do not cross river!), then as road bears left turn left
   and follow path across grass with trees on lhs, through kissing gate and over stream, keep
   left with trees on lhs until path rejoins Gate Gallop route. Follow GG route until junction at
   Statfold Barn farm.
3. Turn left and run down drive, then turn left at Ashby Road junction (run on the grass verge!),
   EXTREME CARE cross Ashby Road and run down Clifton Lane until track on LHS. Turn left
   down track until large tree before house, turn left onto public footpath and follow path until
   junction with farm track.
4. Turn right on farm track and keep on track (through gate, over two cattle grids, one stile on
   RHS). Follow path until it comes out on Syerscote Lane at Cherryfield Cottage.
5. Turn left and follow Syerscote Lane back into Wigginton village.
6. Turn left at junction and follow road through Sill Green and back to Wigginton pub on LHS.

Route approx. 6.5 miles.