COUNTRYSIDE TO THE WEST OF
THE VILLAGE
The land immediately to the West of Perton village is almost
wholly agricultural and is farmed by the
gradually acquired additional land formerly part of the Wrottesley
Estate. The land is well managed with
careful crop rotation and the occasional introduction of
sheep. Hedges are always well maintained as is
that part of the
September 2003. Jim Johnston preparing the new drilling The assembly on the front of the tractor is to act as a
machine to sow winter wheat. counterweight to the drilling machine.
WALKING ACCESS
The
Up the farm lane at the Brownies Nursery – through the gate and up the track to join the Staffordshire Way
There is an
excellent walking amenity accessible directly from the village. The
Staffordshire Way is a series of
linked footpaths
and bridlepaths running from
To join the
Way, go down
is a footpath
access to
farm lane (it
is a
left hand
side is a ‘Dutch Barn’ which, it is
said, was used to train bomb-aimers. The
trainees were harnessed and suspended from
the roof to
look down on a rolling map of
information on the
training of bomb aimers please email brian@pertonvillage.co.uk)
Where the
lane turns right go through thegate and up the track. At the top of the
track at the field gate, the
Codsall and
direction. (See also The Monarch’s Way below)
A detailed booklet The
Staffordshire Way is obtainable from Staffordshire County Council for about Ł1.
There is also a copy in the local reference
section of Perton Library.
The
This long distance walking route,
follows that taken by King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester 1651. He was pursued by Oliver Cromwell’s
forces and first travelled North,
where he famously hid in the oak tree at Boscopel, and then South through The
Cotswolds and The
Mendips to the South Coast and
then escaped to France. The route North
is the same as that of the Staffordshire Way through the Perton Parish.
It joins the Staffordshire Way at
the bottom of Toad’s Nest Lane (the path South where the Way crosses the
Perton/Pattingham lane) then
comes North, passes the golf
course, Cranmore Lodge Farm, Wrottesley Hall.
Then across the A41 and down Shop Lane to Oaken where the
route leaves the Staffordshire Way
for Boscopel. The route South from
Boscopel is via Tong and Kemberton.
(For more information see The Monarch’s Way Book 1 – by Trevor Antill
– obtainable from Perton Library)
.
Smith's Rough
This is a recently completed
development by South Staffordshire County Council, and consists of a network of
footpaths
through
woodlands. The area can be accessed from opposite the public house, via a
style near the roundabout on
Wrottesley Park Road
or via Hoylake Road as for the Staffordshire Way referred to above.
A41 Holyhead Road. This path runs from the Wergs to
Wrottesley Hall and is the line of the old London to
Holyhead coach
road. Today it joins the Staffordshire Way.
Page compiled by Brian
Revised November 2005