Packwood to St Giles walk
Warwickshire
Enjoy a gentle stroll across the Warwickshire countryside and explore St Giles Church where Graham Baron Ash, who donated Packwood House to the National Trust, and his parents are laid to rest.
Near to
Packwood HouseStart point
Packwood House car park, grid ref: SP173723Trail information
*An easy walk on public footpaths through fields. For further details see the section marked Terrain.
**Public footpaths through agricultural fields and some road walking. For further details see the section marked Access.
***Dogs welcome on leads on public footpaths, but not permitted within the property. For further details see the section marked Facilities.
Total stages: 7
Total stages: 7
Start point
Packwood House car park, grid ref: SP173723
Stage 1
Turn right out of the car park at Packwood and continue along Packwood Lane. Walk past the junction on your left with Grove Lane.
Stage 2
About 20 metres after the junction there is a metal kissing gate on your left at the entrance to a field. Follow the black 'Millennium Way' marker directing you straight ahead through the middle of the field.
Stage 3
On the other side of the field, pass through another metal kissing gate. Walk a short distance ahead and look out for a post on your right, which shows the black 'Millennium Way' marker directing you to take a sharp right along a path leading to a power pole a short distance ahead. Walk to the pole and on its left there is a small wooden gate that leads into the churchyard of St Giles Church.
Stage 4
Turn left as you step out of the church and follow the path around to the outside of the church, keeping the building on your left. As you reach the end of the church, stay on the grass path to the right walking through the cemetery.
Stage 5
After passing this memorial, go through a wooden gate and turn immediately right into a field. Keeping the field on your left and the hedge close to your right, follow the path.
Stage 6
Walk under some power lines and past a large oak tree in the hedge on your right. A short distance after the tree, there is a metal kissing gate located in the hedge on your right. Go through the gate into another field. Walk straight ahead to the top left-hand side of this field to another metal kissing gate that leads onto Packwood Lane.
Stage 7
Turn right and walk a short distance along the road back to the National Trust car park at Packwood.
Outside the 16th-century Packwood House | © National Trust Images/Chris Lacey End point
Packwood House car park, grid ref: SP173723
Trail map
Packwood to St Giles walk trail map | © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey
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