[1] From car park turn left along main road away from Mamble for 200m. At minor road junction on right take footpath to right up bank and across centre of field to far right corner. Cross stile, immediately turn left to follow hedge on your left. Continue forward 500m, passing through Westwood Farm and past the farm house on your right. Where concrete farm access road bends left continue forward through gate and past collapsing building to your left and then over stile for 400m and ignoring eventual stile in hedge to your left. Near the bottom of the slope cross a footbridge and turn diagonally right to cross a large field to the left hand corner of a wood. Cross centre of next field and then bear very slightly right to cross to centre of far wood and right hand end of old pheasant breeding pens. Cross track and continue forward at way marker post into wood and along a faint gully and to the right of an old pheasant breeding pen. After breeding pen, continue forward on faint path until, in about 250m, you descend to a well established forestry road. Turn right and follow about 200m to road fork with also a footpath off to your right. Take left fork and continue to follow forestry track slightly uphill for about 100m Where track starts to bend left again look for footpath and permanently open gate in small gully to your right. Walk through gate into field and turn left to soon climb, between the wood and copse, a steep grassy hill. [SO 6759 7297]

[2] At top of hill continue forward for 200m, crossing narrow metaled road leading to Shakenhurst to your left, to reach a stile in far hedge with large pond to its left. Continue forward towards large tree in centre of field and then slightly left downhill to stile in centre of far hedge. Cross well used vehicle track (dis-used railway) to gap on far side and then bear slightly right of hedge to your front and downhill to long footbridge over the River Rea. Cross and bear diagonally right uphill for 250m across slope to stile into far right wood. Follow path through wooded area, being careful to take short temporary path to left off high bank to avoid dangerous erosion before returning to bank. On exiting wood bear left across centre of field towards impressive old house (Reaside Farm). Do not enter grounds through gate but turn right in same field and go steeply downhill to stile near farm gate and another long footbridge on the far side of next field. Cross bridge and bear diagonally right uphill for 300m to gate and track the far top corner. Continue forward to the left of the hedge to your front and in 50m turn left to going down short green lane to reach minor road. Turn left and follow minor road down hill, over road bridge and uphill for 800m until, at the top of the hill, you find a rough farm road on your right. [SO 6806 7471]

A. Shakenhurst. The estate, which is situated on the Worcestershire/Shropshire border, can be traced back to the Domesday Book. Shakenhurst was in the same family for more than 650 years, before being sold for the first time in 2010. The new owners then gave the Grade II listed mansion an extensive refurbishment, before putting it back on the market in 2013. It sold in 2014 for £16M to a North Devon farmer and the lucky buyer has bagged himself a 12-bedroom mansion, 15 small farmhouses and cottages sleeping between two and four people each, 1,324 acres of idyllic English countryside, three miles of trout fishing and a high-quality shoot.

[3] Turn right down this rough road and continue past the stables on your left and bungalow on your right (The Rookery) to eventually reach a ford (and weir) after about 800m. Just before the ford, take the path to the right to cross the river (River Rea again) by a footbridge and re-join the rough road. Continue along this unmade road for another 700m ignoring the footpath to your right and the uphill vehicle track to your left. Eventually where the rough road bends left and uphill, continue forward along lesser track which is a green lane type bridleway. Follow this wooded bridleway for about 600m (ignoring another signed footpath to the right) eventually uphill to reach a farm gate at the top far corner of the wooded area. In field follow hedge on your right steeply uphill for about 300m, and at top of hill turn right through farm gate(not waymarked) to follow a hedge on your left. Go through metal gate and in about 100m go through metal bridleway gate on your left and diagonally across paddock to join driveway to Prizeley and the busy B4202. [SO 6983 7495]

B. Mawley Hall is nothing less than one of Britain's finest privately-owned stately homes. For sale in 2017 for the first time since 1962 – at a guide price of £10 million –it is a peerless Grade I-listed mansion. This extraordinary building stands in some 550 acres of landscaped formal gardens, rolling parkland and farmland, ‘looking forth from its spur of the Clee Hills upon an almost limitless picture of hill and dale, field and wood, occupying one of the loveliest sections of the Western Midlands’. The imposing Palladian mansion designed by Francis Smith of Warwick for Sir Edward Blount (the 4th Baronet) in about 1730 has remained almost entirely unaltered since it was built. However, it’s not just Mawley Hall’s interior that captivates: the estate’s mainly ring-fenced acres offer everything a classic English country estate should, including an impressive, Grade II-listed converted coach house, five houses and cottages, landscaped formal gardens with temples and follies, an exceptional high-bird pheasant shoot and two miles of fishing on the River Rea.
This country idyll is a far cry from the dilapidated Mawley Hall estate that went under the hammer in November 1960, when the Hall and 121 acres were bought for £15,500 by J. E. Talbot, MP for Brierley Hill, who sought to demolish the house. However, the Ministry of Works intervened, intimating that the property should be sold to a private buyer who would undertake the necessary, extensive repairs. A year or so later, a saviour appeared in the shape of Anthony Galliers-Pratt, who bought the estate and immediately had the renovations put in hand.

[4] Turn right along B4202 for 1000m taking great care as the road is busy and towards the end has several blind bends. Take the small road/track on your left (look for concealed fingerpost in hedge marked Beach Hay) and in 100m at electric gates turn right through farm gate. Follow hedge on your left and when it ends continue forward to farm gate in centre of hedge to your front. Continue forward through two paddocks with gates to stile into plantation and in 50m go through gap to your front and follow hedge on your left for 150m to minor road. [SO 7138 7419]

For a slightly longer and harder route with an extra hill take the alternative route by turning turning left and following this minor road, eventually downhill, to junction. Turn right, signed (to Buckridge) and in 50m right again up short drive. Take green lane to right of house and continue for 600m to go through (Teddon) farm buildings. Continue forward downhill with hedge on your right and cross stream on farm bridge. Now bear right and follow right hand hedge uphill to stile in top (left) corner. Over stile, turn immediately right through farm gate and then follow left hedge uphill through gap in hedge to stile on your left. Over stile turn right up concrete farm drive to reach busy B4202. Cross road and take bridleway through gap to your front.Rejoin main route at description Point 6

[5] Turn right along road for 400m and soon after road curves right go over stile on your left. Follow hedge and wooded gully on your left for 400m and, after a short downhill section at farm gate to your left, bear diagonally right uphill across field to stile onto the busy B4202. Turn left along road for 100m to brow of hill and, opposite a cottage and farm road access, turn right through small gap to join a green lane going gently uphill.[SO 7105 7339]

[6] Follow this bridleway and green lane for about 1100m and passing through a couple of farm gates until you reach a farm and barn conversion complex on your right. Continue downhill on farm road access to reach minor road. Cross minor road and continue forward down farm access track for 200m until the track curves right and there is a stile in the left hand fence. Cross stile and follow fence/hedge on your left to another stile at the end of the field. In next field continue slightly right across centre towards right hand side of house in distance and a stile onto house access track. Turn right down access track to Ladyfields. Continue to farm house entrance where you take a narrow, fenced in path on right hand side. Follow narrow fenced path round numerous bends and downhill for 200m to cross footbridge. Now follow well waymarked path bearing right through wood and gently uphill across a couple of plank bridges to field. Cross field uphill to far left corner (about 500m ) and over stile turn left to cross another stile. Now bear diagonally right uphill, over stile a little to the right of the farm gate in the left hand corner, go over brow and then downhill to find a footbridge near a large oak near the centre of far line of trees. Cross footbridge, turn right to cross another stile and then left to follow left hand hedge uphill to gate. Continue forward to cross another stile and then cross a shallow valley to an isolated stile to your front at hedge corner and then along the hedge to your right to a gate into an alley way. Continue 50m in alleyway to minor road in Mamble. Cross road and turn into close with village hall (tin shack) on your right. Turn right behind village hall and follow footpath to main road A456. Turn right and follow main road for 200m back to your cars. [SO 6867 7131]

C. Mamble is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located on the A456 between Bewdley and Tenbury Wells. Notable buildings include the 13th century sandstone church of St John the Baptist and the 17th century Sun & Slipper Inn. A craft centre that existed previously was closed in summer 2006.

Roman remains have been found in the area, and at the time of the Domesday Book the settlement was known as Mamele. Although agriculture was always a major industry for the inhabitants of Mamble, coal mining was also important from the 14th century onwards, and the last local pit, at Hunthouse to the south-east of the village, remained in operation until its closure in 1972. In the 1790s the Leominster Canal was opened in the area which allowed coal to be carried to Tenbury Wells and Herefordshire, but the canal was unprofitable and was closed in 1859.