Lilley and Warden Hill loop: full route

Walk to the grass triangle by the road junction and continue past the church and turn right into Cassel Memorial Hall car park.

Follow the Chiltern Way past the Hall and follow the footpath to enter a field. Continue along the right-hand edge, pass through a small copse and straight across the next field. Bear slightly left at a gate to cross a third field to a lane.

Turn right onto lane for 40m and fork left onto wide part concrete track. Pass the metal barrier to a 4 way junction of bridleways. Continue straight on with hedgerow on left. Where the hedgerow ends, bear left onto wide grassy bridleway between fields. Follow it as it drops down and sweeps right up to a kissing gate.

The route now leaves the Chiltern Way by continuing straight ahead up the steep hill on an open path. Follow the fence on the right to pass through a gate at top of the hill. The route now rejoins the Chiltern Way with views opening up on all sides.

Continue in same direction to the left of the fence and walk past a triangulation point. Drop down a few steps, follow the path around the shoulder of hill and descend to a path junction. Ignore the path on the left and continue straight down to pass through gate onto a track.

Turn right up past the Nature Reserve and continue straight on to join the John Bunyan Trail to reach a T-junction of tracks.

Turn right onto Wardswood Lane (wide track) and follow past the wood on the left and continue to where it turns left onto private land. Here, continue straight ahead on a narrower track that later becomes a metalled lane. Follow the lane to return to the start point.