The Wednesday Wanders
Walks around Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk
Walk Name: West Wratting to Weston Colville
Walk Details
Starting Point: Green End Farm (on Six Mile Bottom
Road).
Grid Reference: TL 6087 5182
Parking: By farm buildings
Way Points: Pumping Station, Crick's Farm, Weston Colville, West Wratting
Distance: 6.75m
Time: 3hr 30min (OS: 2hr 9min)
General Observation: Walk takes you through fields and woods. Pleasant stroll through two lovely villages. Refereshment available at The Chestnut Tree in Weston Colville
Walk Description
From Green end Farm take the Icknield Way to the pumping station
Turn right and head for the road. Turn left (although not an official footpath there is one that goes up the field side of the hedge keeping you off the road.
Turn right onto the Icknield Way and follow to Crick's Farm
Just before log pile (or 1st barn) turn right along track across field (not waymarked)
As you approach Weston Colville go left towards New Cottages. Cross road and go up by cottages. At end of path go right and follow till you get to the road, turn left
Short road walk to footpath on right. Follow past Hill Croft and turn right at junction with path coming from village
At end of path come to copse. Footpath is slightly to left, indistinct and can be overgrown. Footpath signs have fallen over. Go through wood and continue to The Grove
Take footbridge into wood and then across filed to West Wratting
Road walk to phone booth (bench for lunch stop) and take footpath on left. Continue till you meet road
Turn left and road walk down hill to footpath on right part of Fleam Dyke and Roman Raod Walk
Follow till you come to Icknield Way and turn right back to Green End Farm.