Brassknocker Basin to Odd Down (Circuit of Bath Walk 3)

Head out of the car park main entrance towards Lower Stoke, but before meeting the main road, turn immediately RIGHT (R) into a lane. Walk under the arch and past the sports fields of Monkton Combe School on your LEFT (L). Immediately after the sports fields, fork L onto a footpath, which runs parallel and slightly above the lane.

At the end turn R to cross the sunken lane and take the flight of steps opposite. Continue uphill along the path between the school buildings. Keep within the fencing through the school grounds. When you reach a road turn L 1 into Monkton Combe village. Continue until you reach St. Michael’s Church. Follow the tarmac path through the churchyard, passing Harry Patch’s grave. Exit the churchyard through a gate and turn L onto Tucking Mill Lane. This lane is used by cyclists and motor vehicles so take care as you follow it all the way down to Tucking Mill. At Tucking Mill the path separates from the road along a hedge on your L. Take the path and follow through a wooded area. Continue on this path, crossing a small tarmac driveway half way along until the path begins to follow a wooden fence on the R, then it passes between two fences beforee merging onto Midford Hill 2.

Caution: The road is likely to be very busy. Turn R uphill towards the Hope & Anchor pub and find a safe place to cross the busy road. Opposite the pub,before the bridge turn L down some steps onto a footpath. Follow this path, under the brick and steel bridges. Go through a gate and continue along the raised path beside the disused Somersetshire Coal Canal. Continue to follow the old canal ditch through several gates and under a brick bridge. After the bridge bear R and follow the shady path to another wooden gate.

Continue through to a large field. Skirt the field on the grassy bank, keeping the electric fence on your R. Walk through a gate and continue along the bank. Head up some steps to reach a gate. Turn R then soon after L through a gate. Walk through the wooded area and along the shady fenced path. Head up a slight slope to reach a gate onto a road 3. Cross the road to a gate opposite.

Continue under the abandoned railway bridge and over the stile straight ahead. Follow the path through the wood until you reach a gate.

Cross the adjacent stile and follow the path, keeping the stream on your LHS. Continue uphill to reach a field, cross it uphill to a gate, to the left of the big house. Pass through the gate and continue up a steep path through a wood. Pass through a metal gate and continue with the fence on your RHS.

Bear slightly left, heading uphill and continue through another metal gate. Keep L and walk uphill. After approx. 50 metres, turn L and continue uphill to a concrete track. At the fork, bear L. At the top of the lane is the Millennium Viewpoint. Take a moment to enjoy the view before following the path L away from the farm buildings. At a junction where the lane ends, keep ahead through trees.

Bear slightly L and continue straight through a gate into a field. Follow the edge of the field through a gate onto a road 4. Turn R and walk to the end of the road. Caution, there is no pavement here, please take care on the road. Turn L to find Odd Down Park & Ride on your L, or continue across the crossroads to continue onto Walk 4 of the Circuit of Bath.

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