On leaving the start we make our way to Pickwick to walk down Middlewick Lane passing the 18^th Century Middlewick House, once owned by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall but now owned by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame. The Masons regularly open the gardens to visitors, to raise money for charity.

Turning onto the old Turnpike Road with fine views out to Hartham House with its Sticke Tennis Court and The Larches when we turn left passing Pickwick Lodge Farm and down Guyers Lane to pass by Guyers House crossing the A4 onto Park Lane.

Past the active underground quarry entrance of Hartham Park Quarry and onto Huddeswell Lane were to the right was the former Basil Hill Barracks site, to the left, 100 feet below the surface, is Tunnel Quarry, one of Corsham’s WII Central Ammunition Depots.

Down Spring Lane to Pockeridge Drive passing the manmade lake to emerge at Potley Bridge and Tramways to pass the former Corsham Railway Station to our lunch stop.

After lunch we head out to the High Street and past the Town Hall formally a Market Hall built by Paul Methuen in 1783. The Hall served as a hospital during WWI.

Passing the Folly on Church Steet we view Corsham Court where there has been a manor house here since 978 when it was a summer place for the Kings of Wessex. We enter St. Barts and onto Corsham Park once a deer park and has been owned by the Methuen family since 1745.

Walking eastwards with views over Corsham Lake and out further afield to Cherhill Hill Down and the Lansdowne Monument we cross Dry Arch, look out for the carved names in the stone.

At the bottom of Chequers Hill, we turn right to pass the large, gated entrance to Corsham Park. Please take care as there is no pavement on this road or following lane.

Turning down the lane to Westrop to reenter Corsham Park. Nearing the end of the path we turn left to exit on to the Lacock Road via a gate in the dry-stone wall.

Passing the War Memorial opposite the Almshouses, Methuen Arms and Mansion House back to the start.