Start: The Royal Lodge, Symonds Yat East, South Herefordshire HR9 6JL
(S/E) From the front door of The Royal Lodge (A), facing the river, turn left and walk to the end of the car park. Join the wide track beyond the barrier and follow it parallel to the river. At a fork after about 100 yards, take the left-hand track.
(1) After a further 100 yards or so, turn sharp left onto a path that doubles back up the hillside. Climb the hill until a path crosses, just short of a barrier and the road. Turn right up the stepped path. Bear right past a cave when the path approaches the road again, and climb more steps to emerge in a picnic area near the Forestry Commission café. Cross the grass to a footbridge over the road. Beyond the road, follow the boardwalk to the left to reach the viewpoint on Symonds Yat Rock. Retrace your steps to the picnic area, and descend the path you came up, past the cave.
(2) When you reach the track below the barrier, cross over and follow the path steeply down through the woods. At a wooden fence, bear left (still heading downhill). The path eventually emerges between gardens at the car park by The Royal Lodge. (S/E)
