(S/E) From the front door of the Bathurst Arms, walk out to the main road (Dark Lane), cross over and turn left. The church is obvious away to your right.
(1) After 250 yards along the pavement, cross back over and walk between two houses, crossing the River Churn to a gate. Beyond the gate, turn right and walk parallel to the river along the bottom of several fields until you reach Perrott’s Brook Farm.
(2) Beyond the farmhouse, walk out to the road along the metalled drive, passing various farm buildings on the way. Turn right along the public road and walk down to the main road, crossing the River Churn en route.
(3) Cross the main road and then climb a stile to the right of a wooden bench, onto a footpath. Walk diagonally across the field to a stile in a barbed-wire fence, then continue to a gate into a lane (Cutham Lane).
Follow the narrow lane opposite, signposted to Bagendon and marked “Unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles”.
(4) When you reach Bagendon village, bear right at the phone-box to pass the church and walk up the hill to the war memorial. Turn right, along a lane signposted to North Cerney and Cheltenham. Follow the lane uphill until you meet a crossing lane after half a mile.
(5) Go straight on, again signposted to North Cerney and Cheltenham, and marked “Unsuitable for long vehicles”.
(6) After a further half-mile, the descending lane curves round North Cerney church, before reaching the A435 opposite the Bathurst Arms. (S/E)
