Werneth Low Hill Top Circular

A 5 kilometre (3 mile) walk around the hill top of Werneth Low. Start from the Lower Higham Visitor Centre car park.

• Leave the car park area of the Lower Higham Visitor Centre by walking in front of the building, bearing left past the wooden gate and follow the tarmac path uphill. Continue uphill around to the left between the Holly and Hawthorn hedgerow.
  
  
• After passing a wooden gate and memorial seat to Mr and Mrs Stott continue uphill towards the War Memorial.
  
  
• At the top of the hill keep right, walking between the cenotaph and view finder.  Continue towards a set of double gates along the horse riding track.  Walk through the stiles by these gates and follow the clear path towards the buildings of Windy Harbour, crossing a wooded valley called Pipers Clough.
  
  
• After walking up hill to Windy Harbour walk past the buildings to the road and continue straight ahead, past the picnic area on the left, and down the steep, grooved surfaced lane.
  
  
• Just past the entrance to Journeys End (on your left) turn right through the kissing gate and continue straight ahead along the edge of the field.
  
  
• At the next kissing gate turn right on to a tarmac lane and continue uphill.  After a short way step over a stile on the left and walk straight ahead across the golf course.
  
  
• After crossing the golf course turn right and follow the dirt lane signposted for Pole Bank/Gee Cross.  Pass a group of cottages on the right (Radcliffe Fold) and Uplands Farm also on the right. Continue along the track following it around to the right and continue uphill.
  
  
• Turn left at the junction in 100 metres and continue straight ahead.  After a short climb up a narrow path continue straight ahead passing several bungalows on the left.
  
  
• Walk around the Quarry Car Park, turning right on the road.  Opposite the Car Park entrance turn left by the notice board along the stone path back into the Country Park. Walk through two wicket gates by the picnic area and continue straight ahead.
  
  
• After a short way turn left through a kissing gate and follow the path down hill.  Continue along the path parallel to Higham Lane, through two kissing gates by a picnic area, a stile and another kissing gate marked 'to Rye Field'.  Continue down hill back to the Lower Higham Visitor Centre.