Chilcompton River & Railway Trail

Walk preview

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   Step 1: This route starts outside the post office and Co-op on the B3139 by the bus stop for route 173.

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   Step 2: Cross the main road when safe to do so and head down Bakers Lane on the left hand pavement.

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   Step 3: Cross the side road of Sheppards Walk and continue ahead for a short distance.

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   Step 4: Turn left onto a narrow footpath by a fingerpost sign between a wooden fence and an electricity building.

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   Step 5: Head gently downhill between the garden fences.

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   Step 6: Emerge onto Station Mead, the site of the old Chilcompton Station. Cross the road onto the grass on the opposite side.