From the car park, turn right and walk along the road. After a hundred yards (91m) or so, cross over and look for a waymarker and a kissing gate by an oak tree on the right. Go through the gate and follow the path as it runs parallel at first with the road, and (rather disconcertingly) across the entrances to various houses. Go through two more kissing gates before the path joins a residential drive, Duffeld Park. Bear right when you get to the road junction, then take the first footpath left, by the sign for Snitterfeld House.

Follow the wide tarmac drive, and opposite the entrance to Snitterfield House take a stile on the right. Go diagonally across a small field to a stile and bridge, and keep along the right-hand edge of the field. Look for a stile by an oak tree in the corner of the field, and go straight ahead across the next field, via another stile to the road. Turn left, passing hospital entrance gate No. 1. Immediately beyond it on the right is a barred metal gate (with private drive sign) and an electricity transformer. Beside the gate, to the right, is a public footpath sign and stile (possibly hidden by foliage). Wriggle through here and follow the track.

After a few paces cross the next stile and continue ahead to Bell Farm. Pass the outbuildings and stables and keep ahead on a grassy track to a stile and gate. Cross a stile, turn left and follow a bridleway to a plank bridge and stile on the left. The walk now crosses a golf course. Cut across the fairway (following yellow marker posts) to a wide path, and follow it to the car park and club house. Take the drive leading out to the main road, veering right to a stile by a row of houses, and follow the track to the road. Bear right and walk along to the Plough Inn.

Turn left into Plough Lane and when it bends right, go straight on along the public bridleway. Cross the next road to a kissing gate and continue on a waymarked path. Keep ahead, bearing left via two kissing gates to cross a small golf course, to reach a kissing gate leading out to the road. Turn left and walk along to Rogers Lane on the right. Make for the kissing gate on the corner and follow the outline of the path, running parallel to the road, ahead to a second gate.

Through the gate, branch half right and follow the path through four more kissing gates (at the third you will see the Clock House) to reach the road. Cross over to a kissing gate and follow the straight path across Gray’s Field towards the monument to Thomas Gray. Keep to the right of the monument and look for the kissing gate leading into the churchyard of St Giles. Turn left to return to the car park.