[1] From Titley village hall, turn left and walk up the lane behind the Stagg Inn to Eywood Lane, on the right. Follow the lane and after half a mile turn down the track on the left, through the trees and across the field to Titley Pool.
(A) Titley Pool is one of the largest natural open areas of water in the county, and it lies in a Nature Reserve, which is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a kettle-hole lake and was formed at the end of the last Ice Age. There is a wealth of water birds, but visitors are asked to be careful not to disturb them during the nesting season. Great Crested Grebes breed here, and Mallard, Teal, Tufted duck, Pochard and Goosander winter here. There is a hide from which you can observe.
[2] Return to Eywood Lane and continue up the hill, past the cultivated fields, and then between the woodlands on each side, to Oakcroft Farm. Walk straight ahead through the farm. After you pass the final building, a barn on the left, go over an easily overlooked narrow stile next to a gate on the left. Follow the permissive path in a southwesterly direction, contouring round the field just below the hedge.
From here you have a wonderful 180 degree view over Herefordshire, right round to the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons.
[3] After passing through the small wooden gate bear left, over the small brook, round to another gate. Go through on to the track which passes two houses and winds through woodland.
Here you look down onto a dingle, a deep wooded valley, which is typical of the North Herefordshire countryside. Again you have a splendid view across the county.
[4] The track becomes a lane and goes downhill to Rushock Farm. Throughout this downhill section you are looking to the mountains in the west. Follow the winding lane, past houses, until it reaches a road. Turn left, then cross the road and fork right to take a track. This then goes over a cattle grid and along the bottom of two fields. At the end of the second field you come across three (or four) gates close together. Take the stile to the left to follow the Mortimer Trail diagonally across the field to the B4355 road.
[5] Cross the road to follow the track opposite down towards Mill Farm. Follow a footpath ahead, which eventually opens out into a field with the raised bed of the old railway clearly visible in front of you. Follow the path (now the Herefordshire Trail) in an easterly direction with the River Arrow over to your right. You will now be following the Herefordshire Trail back to Titley. Leave the field through a kissing gate on the left.
[6] Turn right along the road to cross the bridge over the River Arrow.You should be able to spot a number of relics from the old railway. After half a mile walking along the road, immediately after a left hand bend, turn left on to the track through the woods. As you progress the river below will come into view and parts of the rail track. About one mile further on, just after crossing a couple of fields, you reach Titley Junction where you will see a large amount of rail memorabilia.
(B) Titley Junction was once the busiest station on the Leominster to Kington line, with 30 trains a day passing through. The line was opened in its full length of 13 miles in 1862, and was later taken over by the GWR. As well as passengers, the line was used to transport cattle and sheep to Leominster and then on to Hereford on market days. During the Second World War wounded servicemen were transported to the military hospital at Hergest. The line finally closed in 1964. It is now the longest privately owned railway line in Herefordshire. Restoration of the station and goods yard began in the 1980s. The first steam train of the new era ran in 2005. There is an ongoing programme of further development being carried out by the owners and a band of dedicated volunteers.
[7] Turn left down the minor road which runs between the walls of the old railway bridge. Continue down the road, cross the bridge and immediately go across the field on the left. There is an interesting stile here, standing in the middle of the field with no fence or hedge! After crossing the next stile, climb up the bank on the path through the bracken. After the next stile bear left over the field to the gate on to the B4355. Over the road, having crossed the stile, the path veers right to another stile. Walk down the next field. On the left is a pool where swans can sometimes be seen.
[8] Cross the wooden footbridge over a stream. Climb up the next bank, cross the field to the stile and walk to the left corner of the field where a stile takes you on to an old ‘green lane’, an ancient route. At the end of the track, walk up the field to rejoin the Eywood Lane. Turn right, then left to reach the village hall.