[1] From the church, walk along Mill Lane and where it narrows, go right, through a wooden gate. Continue, through a metal gate and over the stile ahead, then cross the field veering slightly left to a gate in the far boundary. Climb the embankment then walk left, with a wire fence to your right.
(A) Here, you are on the route of an old tramway. The Midland Railway constructed a single track line in 1868 from an iron ore mine near here, passing through Iron Acton to join the main line at Yate. The ore was then transported by train to South Wales for smelting. The mine operated from 1862 to 1875, until water seeping into the workings forced closure. The track was removed in 1892.
In a short distance, go right through an opening to enter a field and walk with the right boundary to a corner, then head across the field to a kissing gate on the far side.
[2] In the next field, go ahead, slightly left to a kissing gate midway in the far boundary, then in this final field continue ahead, climbing another stile in the far boundary, to reach a lane.
Turn left and walk along the lane to a right bend where a track continues ahead. Go up to the right and through a kissing gate, then follow the discernable path ahead, soon picking up the hedge on the left. In the top corner of the field, go through a kissing gate into a further field and walk now with the boundary right.
[3] Where the boundary goes right, continue ahead to another kissing gate, and onward over a couple of fields to a stone stile in a wall. Climb this and aim for the far right corner of the pasture and another stile. Beyond this, walk a few yards to a road. Turn left and walk as far as the bridge. Take a signed path right and walk with the River Frome to your left to reach a weir.
[4] Climb the banking and go down the other side, then look for a kissing gate in the bushes on the right. Go through, cross a footbridge and through another gate, then continue to Tubb’s Bottom farm bridge. Cross this, then go right, walking with the Frome now on your right. Continue through a kissing gate and further field, then after climbing a stile, follow the Right of Way diagonally across the field to the far left corner where you will join a track. Follow this through two gates to reach a road. Turn left and walk over the railway bridge, taking the steps down to the left immediately beyond the bridge and then climb a stile into a field.
Walk with the left boundary of the field to a stile, then in the next field go half-right to another stile by farm buildings. Now follow the clear path ahead to climb a further stile, and another just opposite.
[5] You are now on a narrow (and often overgrown) path that runs at the back of houses. Ignore a possible right turn, but continue a few yards further to walk with a wall on your left. Eventually, you pass through a squeezer stile into a churchyard. Go ahead, passing the church on your right, but before descending to a road, look back at this 14th century church and its unique preaching cross, the only one to be found in a churchyard.
At the road, head left, to reach the White Hart Inn at the end.
[6] Turn left at the White Hart and follow the road, going straight on at a junction where the main road bends right. Cross the railway – there was a station here years ago and the tramway from Frampton Cotterell joined from the right just beyond the crossing – and walk to a waymarked gate in the wall on the right (signed Frome Valley Walkway). Go through and go ahead, crossing a stile and walking with the river left. The route guides you up to another stile and onto the tramway again for a short distance, before descending right via steps and stiles. Follow the path, climbing a pair of stiles, then walk around the field edge to climb a further stile to join a track. Turn right onto the track and then left over a stile at the corner of the field. Turn right and follow right-hand boundary fence and then turn right and go through kissing gate.
Continue and pass a green barn then follow the clear path over stile and footbridge, past a redundant stile and into a more open field. Keep right, around the edge to a metal footbridge at the bottom of the field. Cross this to enter a wooded area.
[7] Keep to the path as it follows the river, sooner or later reaching a meadow on your right. Walk around the edge to reach a stile, then continue along the field edge to another stile. The path takes you to a kissing gate, beyond which, you walk through the Centenary Field and onto a lane with the church ahead. This is Mill Lane, and your outward route, continue ahead to return to the start point at the end.