Ross has had a long association with walks such as John Kyrle's Walk that dates back to the 1700's; many of these walks are as equally popular today.
John Kyrle's Walk
Distance: 1.5 miles
John Kyrle's Walk
From the Market Place, take the second left turn off the High Street and enter the Churchyard via the steps. Follow the path passing the Prospect through the kissing gates and past Church Farm. At the junction with Red Hill Road (a track by this time) turn right then left to walk along the top of the cliffs. Continue straight on and the path goes up and down sets of steps to pass several old trackways. Eventually the cliffs end and then it is a choice to return to
Ross by the river bank back via Wilton or take the path past Lower Cleeve or Cubberly and return by Hom Green road (both of which are equally as attractive).
The river bank is a well defined path with good views of the River Wye and surrounding countryside.
The Hom Green road is equally as interesting as it has a number of different styles of architecture due to the original ribbon development down the sides of the road.
The walk is now marked using markers as seen here.
The first part of the route indicated is popularly supposed to be John Kyrle's favourite walk and alongside which he planted many trees. The walk has had a
number of postcards made about it showing some of the points of interest; these date from the early 1900's and a couple are shown below:
Signs for the John Kyrle Walk (Click for a larger image)
The Lovers Seat, John Kyrles Walk, Ross (circa 1918) [Publisher: W.H.S. & S. LDN] (Click for a larger image)
Rock Steps, John Kyrles Walk, Ross [Publisher: Harvey Barton & Son Ltd. Bristol] (Click for a larger image)
Below are the Rock Steps (now replaced by concrete) and a possible site of the Lovers Seat in 2010.
Possible site of Lovers Seat (Click for a larger image)
The Rock Steps in 2010 (Click for a larger image)
14/3/2010 Walk
During a walk along the route on the 14th March 2010, these were some amazing views that I photographed whilst looking back over towards Ross.
The sky and St. Marys (Click for a larger image)
The sky over Roman Way (Click for a larger image)
The sky, Chase Hill and Tudorville (Click for a larger image)
The clouds in late afternoon (Click for a larger image)
The sky, Ross and the field (Click for a larger image)
The River Wye seen from the John Kyrle Walk
(Click for a larger image)
Looking towards the River Wye from the John Kyrle Walk (Click for a larger image)