At a glance
Sutton Benger Walk
- Distance
- 4 miles
- Estimated time
- 2 hours
- Route type
- Circular
- GPS app guided
- Yes
- Parking
- Layby parking at start 51.49720, -2.07382
- Characteristics
- Water
Wiltshire Walks
This walk offers a relaxed and varied countryside outing, combining riverside paths along the River Avon with open meadows and quiet stretches of farmland.
With peaceful waterside scenery, wide grassland views and a gentle finish through Sutton Lane Meadows, this walk provides an easy-going way to enjoy the rural charm of this part of Wiltshire.
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At a glance
The walk
This countryside route offers a relaxed mix of pretty villages, riverside paths and open meadows.
It begins with a gentle stretch alongside the River Avon, where flat paths and waterside views set an easy pace, before drifting into the open grassland of Malford Meadows near Christian Malford.
Later, the walk turns west across quiet farmland towards Sutton Benger itself. A short detour leads to a welcoming village pub, before the route loops back through Sutton Lane Meadows, rounding off a calm, varied walk with a strong sense of space and rural Wiltshire charm.
Refreshments:
Wellesley Arms, Sutton Benger
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The app works without a phone signal, so you can keep following the route wherever the walk takes you.

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