DON’T DO THIS WALK BEFORE APRIL 2025 ROAD BLOCK AT ‘G’. A 4-mile, circular, walk starting from Hullavington: quiet country roads, byways, and some field walking. Gentle slopes. Click here for an aerial view. Click here for a downloadable PDF guide of this page. (There is a GPX route option here for phone/tablet download. But only follow this link after watching this GPX help video). Friendly warning: all files relating to walks are published here on good faith but on the understanding that users must be responsible for their own safety and wellbeing.
(Routes from map points + metres to next point)
Start: Walk from church to last right turn of the village 270 m
A: Follow path until junction 1.5km
B: Take right at junction walk to start of byway 660m
C: Rough ground byway for 330m
D: Back on path walk to right turn junction 1.5Km
E: Walk short distance to fork and head right 260m
F: Walk forward to railway bridge 970m
G: Follow road back to start 2.5Km
The pictures below are in the order things were seen on this walk. Clicking on any one will enlarge it (and the slideshow)
The walk
This is an easy walk almost entirely quiet roads (we encountered just two vehicles on a Monday afternoon in September). Except for the section between C and D on the map where the tarmac gives way to a farm vehicle track. If it’s been raining recently this can be muddy in places. You cross the Great Western Railway twice. There used to be a station at Hullavington just beyond the village to the west, opened in 1902 closed in 1961. One the final road back into the village you walk through an old airfield, Hullavington Aerodrome – sold to Dyson (weird video tour here). There are no stiles
Hullavington
This village is ribboned along the main road (not very busy). A garage, a pub, a shop and a church. St Mary Magdalene church is the main building of interest. It is 12th century but well restored in Victorian times including a rebuilt tower. Note 12th century at doorways and a 3-bay north arcade. The church and Hullavington manor (C) belonged to the abbey of St. Victor-en-Caux (Seine Maritime) in the earlier Middle Ages. Behind the church is Court House adapted from the mediaeval building
The village is well known locally as a significant RAF site. It opened in 1937 and was used mainly for training. The airfield you walk across is now overseen by English Heritage – being a conservation area protecting the original buildings.
Jazz pianist Jamie Cullum grew up in Hullavington. The former MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine moved to Hullavington in October 2004. An aerial tour of the village is here.