Start: The walk starts at Heronfield, south of Knowle, on the main A41. We start our walk from The Black Boy public house, Heronfield B93 0EB. Grid Ref: SP192 749
(S/E) From the car park to the left of The Black Boy public house, bridge & recycling bins, take the gap to the canal towpath and go left along the canal side following the Millennium Way waymarker.
(1) Continue under bridge 68 and when you reach the unnumbered bridge 67 go left, to take the kissing gate to the field. Here we leave the Millennium Way for the time being. Go ahead into the field, keeping the hedge left, to cross a footbridge over a stream.
Continue across the next field between fences towards the pylon, then pass under power lines to take the metal kissing gate ahead and continue along a wide grassy path which soon becomes a farm track. Keep ahead to take the metal kissing gate to the lane.
(2) Go left on the road (Arbour Tree Lane) and stay on the lane which bends sharply right by Netherwood Lodge Farm to reach the main A4141 Warwick Road. Go left on verge of the main road, past Arbour Tree Farm on your right, then cross over when safe to take the waymarked path right, just on the bend.
After passing through gates stay ahead on track keeping the hedge right for 110 paces. After the path veers left, look for a large green metal gate on your right. Take the gate and go immediately left to continue in the same direction with the hedge left.
(3) Cross the far corner stiles to a lane and go left for 100 paces to take the kissing gate right and continue along between fence and hedge. Take the next kissing gate, then ahead with fence and hedge right. Take a waymarked metal gate into the next field then over a stile and continue ahead with hedge right.
Exit the field by a metal gate and go left along Sparrowcock Lane to pass Chadwick Barns on the left and when you reach the junction turn right and continue down lane. (You can go left here which cuts out at least 2 miles to rejoin here ** at Waypoint (8) ).
(4) Cross the ford and continue gently up the lane to find a public footpath by two metal kissing gates on left. Take both kissing gates, and go ahead into the field then ahead with the hedge and fence right to take a metal kissing gate and footbridge in the corner of the field.
Continue right with the hedge right walking gently uphill. At the top corner of the field ignore kissing gate right and go left, continuing down the field with the hedge right. (You have now joined The Heart of England Way). Soon you will bear slightly right through the corner copse then go gently downhill with the hedge left until you reach the hedge corner.
(5) Go ahead across the field, over the ditch then continue uphill across the middle of the next field. On reaching the waymarker post go directly ahead to reach the surfaced track and continue with the hedge right until you reach the road.
Go right on road and a few paces past Barracks Cottage go immediately left along the signposted path to continue along The Heart of England Way. Go along a narrow path with ditch right and fence left to emerge into a large field, continuing ahead with hedge right. Stay ahead through the next gap and go with a hedge right towards pylons in the far distance.
(6) Take boarded gap into next field to eventually reach crossroads of paths (here we rejoin The Millennium Way) where we turn left, staying in the same field, continuing along with hedge right for just under 1/2 mile to reach road.
(7) Turn right down the road and after 100 paces turn left down the surfaced track then through the metal gate facing you (do not go right yet) and down a farm track. Follow the farm track around bends then, after a sharp right just before the farmhouse entrance, take a waymarked stile left to go on a track parallel to power lines.
Cross small stream to next field staying parallel to power lines and follow track into next field as it bears left (guided by the Millennium Way waymarkers). Go with hedge left to kissing gate at end of fields to reach the road. (** Short cut rejoins here).
(8) Turn right on the road for a few yards to the junction, then right onto Chadwick Lane. On reaching the house with a large pond turn left on the path to the right of the driveway. This leads to an enclosed track which at times can be very muddy. However, you will find a couple of elevated walkways on your left which can now be used to bypass some of the muddy areas.
(9) Continue down to reach a farm track then turn right. Go under power lines and where the track turns right go ahead through the gate and follow the path past The Dial House to the main A41 road. At the road turn left and then take the driveway right back to The Black Boy Inn for refreshments. (S/E)
