Walk 46: Tewin North Loop

4.3 miles (7 km) with 108m total ascent

A bridleway along the route

An undulating walk around the village of Tewin crossing open fields, climbing some hills, following footpaths alongside woodland, and ending in a pub beer garden. This walk includes the option of visiting another pub at the halfway point.

If you are walking this route in wet weather be prepared for a muddy section between points 3 and 4. In the summer you will probably encounter nettles and brambles on some footpaths. A hiking pole is always handy in such conditions.

*If you are walking the route in a wet season, there is a detour you could take to avoid the worst of the mud by turning left at point 2 then heading NW on Tewin footpath 33 for 480m to a road called East Riding (location - https://w3w.co/filer.moment.recent). Turn right on East Riding then head N for 210m until you reach a road on the right called Firs Walk (location - https://w3w.co/gold.fires.woods). Turn right on Firs Walk then head ENE for 250m where the road bends left (location - https://w3w.co/vital.scenes.guitar) then heads NNE for 250m to a junction (location - https://w3w.co/sunk.wires.still). Turn right, still on Firs Walk, then head ESE for 90m to rejoin the route at point 4 (location - https://w3w.co/leap.lace.slang). See map below with the main route in green and the detour in orange.

Detour suggestion when muddy

Fly through preview of walk

If you want to check what sort of landscape you will be crossing before you set off on this walk you can view a short 3D video of the route below. It's created using the free version of Relive.

Getting there

There are bus stops close to the Plume of Feathers in Tewin at (location - https://w3w.co/song.flap.even) and (location - https://w3w.co/over.rice.dunes), which are served by the number 204 and 378 buses. You can check bus times at Intalink.

Directions

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Walk down the left side of The Plume of Feathers

1: The walk starts from The Plume of Feathers (location - https://w3w.co/state.part.rail). Head to the left of the pub on Tewin footpath 32 then turn right behind the pub (location - https://w3w.co/sprint.relax.minute). Follow the path round to the left before you reach a gate leading to a field (location - https://w3w.co/trying.plenty.plants), see image below.

Head N on Tewin footpath 32

Go through the gate then head straight and N across a livestock field, still on Tewin footpath 32. Continue for 245m until you reach another gate (location - https://w3w.co/hatch.wakes.event), see image below.

>Go through the gate then continue heading straight

2: Go through the gate then continue heading straight and N, with a fence on your right and ignoring a path going off to your left. Continue, still on on Tewin footpath 32, for 465m until you reach another gate (location - https://w3w.co/motel.left.ruins), see image below.

Go through the gate and continue heading N

3: Go through the gate then continue heading N, still on Tewin footpath 32.

The path now runs to the right of housing along a narrow stretch with fields on the right. Continue along this stretch, which can be muddy after rain. We have a detour mentioned above which you can use if the going is too tough.

Continue for 415m until you meet a private road with a house on your right (location - https://w3w.co/volume.comet.sorters), see image below.

Turn slightly right then head NE

4: Turn right then head NE for 25m until you reach a junction (location - https://w3w.co/chew.handed.occupy), see image below.

Turn left at the junction just beyond the fences

Turn left then head NW, NE, and NW for 600m until you reach Burnham Green Road (location - https://w3w.co/closed.holly.cute), see image below.

Turn right on Burnham Green Road

5: Turn right on Burnham Green Road then head NE for 80m until you reach a footpath on the left (location - https://w3w.co/cats.twin.tilt).

Turn left on Datchworth footpath 22

Turn left on Datchworth footpath 22 then head NW. After 250m you will reach a livestock field with stables on your right. As you enter this area of the public right of way there is a warning for dog owners, see below.

Dog owners are asked to keep their pets on a lead

The footpath crosses the livestock enclosure

Continue for 110m until you reach Coltsfoot Lane (location - https://w3w.co/poems.cones.tight), see image below.

Turn left on Coltsfoot Lane

6: Turn left on Coltsfoot Lane then head W for 270m until you pass Coltsfoot Retreat then reach Datchworth footpath 17 on the left (location - https://w3w.co/safe.trick.shall), see image below.

Turn left on Datchworth footpath 17

7: Turn left on Datchworth footpath 17 then head SW for 770m over open fields with great views. Continue until you reach White Horse Lane (location - https://w3w.co/scenes.input.broken).

The White Horse, Brurnham Green

8: Turn left on White Horse Lane then head S for 190m to Burnham Green. You pass The White Horse on your right (location - https://w3w.co/rash.salsa.trip), which has a nice beer garden.

Cross the junction then continue on Orchard Road

At the junction continue SSE along Orchard Road for 200m until you reach a footpath on your right (location - https://w3w.co/unions.wing.bounty).

Turn right at the first footpath sign

9: Turn right at the first footpath sign then take the right-hand fork, Welwyn footpath 33 (location - https://w3w.co/cabin.trades.weds), see image below.

Follow Welwyn footpath 33 heading SW

Follow Welwyn footpath 33 heading SW for 130m to a junction (location - https://w3w.co/pens.pace.liner), see image below.

Ignore the footpath on the left and keep right

10: Ignore the footpath on the left and keep right, still on Welwyn footpath 33. Continue heading SW until you reach a junction (location - https://w3w.co/foam.knee.logic), see image below.

Turn left on Welwyn footpath 34

11: Turn left on Welwyn footpath 34 (which is also Vera Lane) then head SW for 210m until Welwyn footpath 34 branches off to the left (location - https://w3w.co/editor.dirt.entire), see image below.

Follow Welwyn footpath 34 S for 75m

Follow Welwyn footpath 34 S for 75m to Pennyfathers Lane (location - https://w3w.co/puzzle.bars.mild), see image below.

Turn left on Pennyfathers Lane

12: Turn left on Pennyfathers Lane, which is also Welwyn bridleway 36, then head SE. Pennyfathers Lane is really just a pretty track. Continue heading SE for 500m to a crossing in the tracks (location - https://w3w.co/jars.jazzy.bless), see image below.

Continue heading straight and SE, now on Tewin bridleway 6

13: Continue heading straight and SE, now on Tewin bridleway 6, for 780m down the hill and up again through Dawley Wood, emerging at the other side. Continue on Tewin bridleway 6 over open fields and downhill to another crossing in the track (location - https://w3w.co/vanish.when.manliness).

Turn left here on Tewin BOAT 1

14: Turn left on Tewin BOAT 1 (byway open to all traffic) then head NE for 440m to a T-junction (location - https://w3w.co/cans.smiled.sleep), see image below.

Turn left at the T-junction then head N

15: Turn left at the T-junction then head N with the cricket pitch on your right. Continue until you reach a road called Upper Green Road (location - https://w3w.co/linked.button.fool), see image below.

Turn right on Upper Green Road

16: Turn right on Upper Green Road then head SE for 110m until you reach a footpath on the left (location - https://w3w.co/cages.rests.latter).

Turn left on Tewin footpath 31

17: Turn left on Tewin footpath 31 then head NE for 65m to a gate (location - https://w3w.co/proud.storms.surely), see image below.

Go through the gate, then turn right

18: Go through the gate, then turn right and head E for 110m with the hedgerow on the right. Continue until you reach a footpath on the right (location - https://w3w.co/camps.proper.soaks), see image below.

Turn right then follow the footpath

Turn right then follow the footpath back around The Plume of Feathers to the start of the walk.

There is a cafe, The Country Bumpkin, (location - https://w3w.co/order.dish.amber) which is 440m NE of the start/finish point of the walk.

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