Greensand Country Brick Ride (9.16 miles 14.65 km ) Print

BRICw01 Waypoint 1
Bridleway
Take the horse trail by turning left at the bridleway gate by the roundabout, riding parallel to the entrance drive. Follow this trail, crossing the drive a little before the entrance and around the edge of the park, until you reach the right turn to Millbrook railway station.


BRICw02 Waypoint 2
Road / Bridleway
Turn off the horse trail and leave the park over the horse stile. Go straight across the road (level crossing is on your left) and onto a permissive bridleway signed as a cycle route.


BRICw03 Waypoint 3
Road / Bridleway
At the end of the bridleway, turn left onto the road and across the level crossing. Then turn right across the road onto another permissive bridleway. Watch out for rabbit holes in the sand track next to the harder surface.


BRICw04 Waypoint 4
Road
The track emerges onto Lombard Street in Lidlington. Go straight ahead. At the junction with Station Road turn right towards the station.


BRICw05 Waypoint 5
Road / Bridleway
Before the level crossing, turn left into Bye Road and continue straight ahead for about half a kilometre. Bye Road becomes a lane and bridleway about half way along.


BRICw06 Waypoint 6
Bridleway
Ignore the footpath on the left and continue until you can turn left over a horse stile and then immediately left again into Folly Wood. The route turns right in about 100m and then bends in gentle ‘hairpins’ up the hill- just follow the waymarks. As you reach the top of the hill you will see the ‘top of the world’ viewpoint, with picnic benches and an information board. Please only go into this area with your horse if the ground conditions are such that you will not do any damage to the surface


BRICw07 Waypoint 7
Bridleway / Lane
Continue following the marked route, flatter now, to some gates onto Boughton End Lane. These gates will usually be closed, so bear right and then turn left at the bottom of the hill over the horse stile and left again out onto the lane.


BRICw08 Waypoint 8
Road
At the top of the lane, turn left. This short section of road is downhill and can be quite busy so please take care. After about 100m, turn right across the road and into the bridleway.


BRICw09 Waypoint 9
Bridleway
The bridleway joins the Greensand Ridge Walk, bear left here, through the gates of Jackdaw Hill House; you pass along the drive in front of the house (please keep off the grass). There is a gate into the woods, just after the house, which is usually open. Follow this track through the woods for about half a kilometre. At a fork in the track, bear left.


BRICw10 Waypoint 10
Bridleway
Then turn left again at the next junction and then fork left, downhill, at the next junction.


BRICw11 Waypoint 11
Bridleway
Follow straight on for a kilometre (you now have the Millbrook Proving Ground on your right) - ignore any turns to the left. There is one very steep section which should be descended with care - you may prefer to dismount. The track turns right and then leads down to the road in the village, passing a children’s playground.


BRICw12 Waypoint 12
Road



BRICw13 Waypoint 13
Bridleway
Now you return the same way as you came, crossing the level crossing and taking the permissive route on your right. When you enter the Millennium Country Park again you can either turn left and retrace your route out or turn right to return to the car park. If you turn right you will pass closer to the wind turbine and the Forest Centre.