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WALK 6 – Bugsell – Mill Stream – (Ockham House) – Wennowayes – Scat’s Mill – High Street



 

Distance – approximately 2.5 or 4 miles

 

 

From the car pak turn left along Station Road and in 200 yards right by the side of the Grey-Nicolls cricket bat factory. Cricket bats have been made in Robertsbridge since the mid-19th century and are used all over the world where cricket is played; in the fields around the raw material cann be seen growing.

Keep straight ahed across a field, cross a stile and go under the railway viaduct of the former Kent & east Sussex Light railway. The railway was built in the mid-1880’s and ran from Robertsbridge to Tenterden in Kent. It was closed to passenger traffic by British Rail in the 1950’s and to all traffic in 1965. Part of the line, from Tenterden to Northiam, has been re-opened to passenger traffic by steam railway enthusiasts and they hope to restore the whole route to Robertsbridge.

Continue straight ahead across the next field and then diagonally left to pass under the railway viaduct of the main London — Hastings line. Under the railway, over a stile, sharp right over another stile then sharp left and continue along straight ahead through a narrow field. Through the gate in the hedge at the end, turn right uphill and then in 250 yards cross over a stile to the right and go diagonally left across the field to arrive at the footbridge back over the railway. Go straight ahead across the field to the River Rother and cross by the wooden footbridge. The bridge over the river at this point was removed in 1940 by the army as part of the preparations for possible German invasion and it was not replaced until 1989!.

Over the bridge, turn left, bear slightly right to the gateway about 100 yards away and here there is a choice of two routes home, a shorter (ROUTE A) and a slightly longer one (ROUTE B).

ROUTE A — Go through the gate and bear right along the side of the pond. This is low lying land and has always been fairly marshy but a few years ago the area was scraped out creating the pool which has now become a home for many waterfowl. Swans, geese, ducks and snipe nest here, herons can often be seen and, in the reeds, are buntings and warblers.

Continue along the edge of the pond and then turn left and straight ahead to the stone bridge over the mill stream. Cross the bridge and go steeply uphill and at the bungalow called Wennowayes turn right through a gate to the left of the house and continue straight ahead; there are some fine views from here. Cross a stile into a newly created wood (by the Woodland Trust) and in 100 yards at the edge of the wood turn right downhill along the sunken track and then left through a gate and follow the path around to the right along the edge of the mill stream and to the mill.

There has been a mill on this site since the 13th century but the present one dates from the 18th. Continue straight ahead, past the mill pond, usually alive with ducks and geese, to the main road and turn right along the High Street and return to the car park.

ROUTE B — This extension will add about 30 minutes to the walk but is well worth the effort.

Ignore the gate and go to the left of the hedge just beyond and then, keeping the hedge on your right, continue straight ahead to the mill stream and turn left. The mill stream serves Bugsell Mill in Etchingham and Robertsbridge mill and as these have been in existence since at least the 13th century it is reasonable to assume that the stream dates from a similar period.

Continue along the mill stream and in 600 yards turn right over the stone bridge and go steeply uphill through the avenue of trees towards Ockham House. In 200 yards, turn right through the trees and keeping the hedge on your right go straight ahead across the field; to the left, at the top of the hill, is Ockham House. The present house is Edwardian and of no special architectural merit but it stands on the site of a much earlier house. The name Ockham is very common in this area and is derived from the de Ocham family who owned the land in the 14th century and possibly earlier.

On the far side of the field, turn left and continue ahead for 150 yards, through a gap in the hedge and then turn right over a stile and'in just a few yards turn sharp right through a small gap in the hedge. This can be difficult to see when overgrown in the summer months but there are yellow arrows around to look for. Through the gap, turn left and go steeply uphill keeping close to the spinney on your left. There are good views to the right.

At the top of the hill, go over a stile and continue straight ahead through the next field along the side of the fence and in 300 yards turn left through the gate onto the surfaced drive. Turn right and in 100 yards you arrive at the bungalow called ‘Wennowayes’ and can join the last part of the route described in ROUTE A.

 

 


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