Go down Bridge Street, over the bridge, go left of the small triangular green to the High Street.

Just opposite to the Police Station cross the main road.

Go up the concrete steps just to the left of the Police Station, follow the path behind the houses. (To avoid the steps go to the top right side of Whitlock Drive, and go through the gap on the right).

At the end of the houses ignore the junction with an unofficial path along the old railway line on the left and go foreward along a narrow uncultivated strip across a field. This is Smiths Field, Great Yeldham Hall.

At the far side of the field ignore the junction with the path on the left which leads to the Sports Ground, go foreward with the hedge and ditch on your right.

This is Brickyard Field, Great Yeldham Hall.

Continue to the far side of the field ignoring a path joining from the right which leads to the landing strip.

At the far end of the field go right over a plank bridge.

Go left with the hedge and ditch to your left along the side of Kitley Wood Field.

At a gap in the hedge on the left, go left then go right along a green lane which becomes Church Lane, Toppesfield.

Ignore paths joining from Gunce's Farm on the right.

Go left into Toppesfield Churchyard, past the Church on your left and out through a gap at the far end.

Go left into the field and follow the boundary right at the corner and down to the road with the hedge on your left.

At the road go left for a few yards, cross over and go through a gap by a footpath signpost. Follow the path into a field with the fence of Oliver's Farm on your right. Go through a gap just to the left of the corner and down and up the sides of an unbridged ditch. You emerge in a small patch of nettles. Go a short distance along an old concrete road and go over a field diagonally left down across the cultivated land. The path is usually cut or sprayed off. Join the unmade farm road and continue down the hill with the hedge on your right.

At the bottom go left with the river on your right, go right through a broad gap into a long narrow water meadow. Go left at the first corner and along the length of the meadow, pass through a gap into another narrow meadow and go right over a wooden footbridge. Go ahead to the near corner and left beside a wood. At the far end of the wood go right though a field entrance and left along the top of a ditch with the ditch on your left.

Keep ahead along the bottom of this field, and over a wooden footbridge into another field, continue along the bottom of this field.

Go left through the hedge at the far side of the field, down into a Willow plantation. Go right to follow the same hedge in the same direction but on the lower side. Continue ahead along thehigher side of the willow plantation until you are level with a stile on your right, go left down the slope to the wooden footbridge.

After heavy rain the ground can be covered with water over a foot deep.

Follow the path over a wooden footbridge and go ahead through a thicket to a large fishing lake. Taking care not to disturb fishermen, go left round the end of the lake. As you emerge from the thicket surrounding the lake go right at a way-marking post into a field - not up the green lane ahead. Go a short way ahead with the hedge on your right and go over a stile into the gound surrounding the lake.

You have entered a Countryside Stewardship area of public access which conveniently links a gap in our network of paths. Keep ahead with the fence on your left, passing Cobbs Lake on your right. Cross the next stile in the fence, and continue on the other side of the fence to the end of the meadow.

Leave the meadow through a pair of gates and go left up the lane to the Toppesfield Road.

At Toppesfield Road go right past one house. Cross over and go up the hard road onto the old railway station yard which is now a Highways depot. This is an unofficial route in the process being conceded as a public right of way. Go left round the outside depot's fencing, into the Sports Ground, right and left, still beside the depot's fence and to a path crossing in front of you. Go right and follow the path down into the village with a field on the left and houses on the right.

Join Great Yeldham High Street from down the concrete steps beside the Police Station. (To avoid the steps go through the gap on the right side to Whitlock Drive, down onto the High Street, left, then right to the Village Green.)

Cross the road to return to the village green.