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A bluebell-fringed woodland near Obriss Farm

Parts of the splendid old Obriss Farm buildings date back to 1550. Occupying an isolated position amid beautiful countryside, the farm is now in the care of the Landmark Trust, from which the house may be rented for holiday use www.landmarktrust.org.uk.

Turn left along the road for a few paces, then break to the right on a track beside an attractive tile-hung cottage. This track is notoriously muddy and waterlogged in winter – or at any time of year in inclement weather. After about 400 metres, where it rises and makes a right-hand bend, leave the track to cross a stile on the right into a large open field from which you have views of the Greensand Ridge, and with Crockham Hill church seen across the fields half-left.

Walk towards the left-hand edge of a woodland, keep ahead alongside its boundary, then veer half-right to another stile. Over this, after a few paces, enter another meadow and turn left alongside a woodland shaw. On reaching a corner continue ahead to yet another stile. This brings you into a sloping meadow where you veer right down to a field gate and a stile by a small stream. Over the stile walk up the next slope, at first alongside its right-hand edge, then on a faint grass path to the head of the slope where you can see the red tile-hung house known as Chandlers. Leave the meadow through a kissing gate, from which there’s a glorious view back across the Weald.