[1] Park on the minor road, sign posted Piper's Hill, just off the B4211. Go through the farm gate approximately 100 metres from the road junction, (on your left when facing towards B4211) and cross the stile in the left corner of a small field. Continue uphill to the stile in the far top right hand corner. Cross the lane and over a stile on the opposite side. Bear diagonally right across the field to a stile in the hedge near the end of a garden and then continue over the brow, keeping right of centre, to a farm gate. Cross the centre of the field, going downhill keeping to the left of two horse jumps. You will shortly come to a stile converted into a horse jump climb over this and proceed onwards to a stile and plank bridge onto a minor road. Cross the road and another stile and follow the field boundary on your right to a footbridge. Once across bear slightly diagonally right and uphill to the right of trees to eventually reach a hedge and now continue downhill with the hedge on your right to a stile followed by a footbridge.
[2] Cross and walk gently uphill to a stile in far left corner and a minor road. Cross the road to bear slightly diagonally left through a wood and join a minor road by a cricket green and pavilion at Bushley Green.
[A] It's worth stopping for a few moments to have a look at Bushley Green which is a typical English village with a village green that doubles as a village cricket pitch. If you are lucky and pick the right time you may see a game in progress. There are some interesting buildings and there is a photo of one with an interesting example of topiary at the end of the route card.
[3]Turn right along the minor road and continue on until you pass an old bus shelter, an old fashioned telephone box and the drive to Sarn Hill Grange. Look for a roadway past the last house on the right, Wood Street, and turn into it. Note this is a Public Bridleway.
[B] Note the excellent views of Tewksbury Abbey with the Cotswold escarpment behind. Further down the road you will also see views of Bredon Hill further round to the east.
[4] Proceed along the lane for about 500 metres to reach a marker post showing the bridleway continuing forward but with the footpath turning right in front of a pair of wide, wooden gates . Turn right down the short vehicle track and at the end go through a farm gate and turn immediately left through a gap into a field. At the time of writing the gap had been blocked by a large fuel tank but access was possible into the field. Turn right and proceed forward keeping the hedge on your right. At the end of this field go through a gap and turn left to follow the hedge on your left over a stile and into Sarn Hill Wood. Continue with the edge of the wood on your left for about 100 metres to reach a crossing path.
[5] Turn right and follow the path to quickly come to another way mark post. Ignore the left hand arrow and continue onwards crossing several woodland tracks, initially through the centre of the wood but eventually with the edge of the wood on your left until you come to a stile into a field. Go over the stile and continue through two fields with the hedge on your left to reach a stile to the right of some farm buildings. Continue past the buildings on your left to reach a green track with a wood on your left and fields on your right. At end of this green track, go through a gate to join a minor road at a T junction. Cross the road and follow the minor road to your front for about 800 metres, ignoring almost hidden finger posts and footpaths on your left and right to the second footpath on your left just past a bungalow also on the left.
[6] Go through a combined pedestrian and farm gate and follow hedge on your right to a pedestrian gate. In next field go gently downhill to a footbridge in the right hand corner and then continue diagonally uphill towards the left hand side of the farm buildings. The right of way goes through farm yard to reach a minor road but you are encouraged to use this permissive (but way marked) path over a stile on your left and then right alongside a barn down a narrow alleyway to cross a plank bridge. Cross the minor road turn slightly right and go through the farm gate opposite into a house garden (NB the finger post can just be seen inside the garden hedge). Go through the garden leaving the house on your left and a wooden building on your right to a stile into a field. Bear diagonally right through a gap in the hedge, cross the field leaving trees on your right to a gate in the far hedge. Pass through and follow the hedge on your right to cross a stile and small bridge. Continuing forward cross very rough ground to a stile in the hedge opposite. Do NOT go over this stile but turn left for 100 metres and then turn right to follow the hedge and a ditch on your right to the end of a field with a cottage and garden also on your right.
[C] Once you have passed the rough ground and turned the corner there are superb views of the complete range of the Malvern Hills and you should take the opportunity to rest here and take in the view.
[7] Cross the ditch and stile in the hedge to your front and then turn right along the hedge on your right to soon go through a wooden pedestrian gate. Follow the hedge on your right to the end of this field and then turn left, still in the same field, to follow the hedge on your right to eventually reach two stiles separated by an earth bridge. During the development of this walk the second of these stiles was broken. A report of this has been made. Cross these stiles and in the next field go diagonally across the centre to a stile in the fence and continue on same line, with Longdon Hall off to your right front, to a further stile into small wood.
[D] At this point it is worth noting London Hall which is a Grade II listed, 16th century timber framed house previously owned by the Barker family from 16th century until 1901. See photos at the end of this route card.
[8] Pass through the wood and in the next field follow the edge of the wood on your right to two stiles, by the M50 motorway, taking you back into wood. Follow the path with the motorway to your left through the wood and over a footbridge to enter another field. Now bear diagonally right across the centre of the field to reach a farm gate onto a minor road. Cross the road and find a stile partly hidden in roadside trees to enter a field. Bear diagonally right across this field to a farm gate and your parked cars.