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Imber Ultra Route Notes
Distance
from
start
(miles)
0.70
0.90
1.72
2.28
2.64
Distance
from last
point
(yards)
300
550
350
1450
Grid
Reference
Comments
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Start
Round field, through gate, turn left
Through wood, right onto road
Left up bridleway
Join perimeter path. Sign right.
Turn left at flag pole. Sign?
Through gate, down steep hill.
Fence on right?
Through kissing gate. Follow sign,
turn left. Follow track that bends
right.
Past farm buildings on right. Follow
main track up hill.
Turn right at sign. Follow hedge on
left.
Pass building, then immediately
turn left downhill to road.
Turn right, down road. Go past
Parsonage Farm.
Sign on NW side of road. Turn left.
Follow road, down hill.
T junction. Turn left up B road.
TRAFFIC- TAKE CARE
Climb steep hill on road, watch for
traffic.
Sign is on RHS of road. Turn right
onto footpath, up steps.
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Across field, through kissing gate at
signboard.
When through gate. DO NOT TAKE
right hand track that leads
downhill.
Maintain height, run on upper or
lower ramparts round fort, passing
wood below on right.
Before "silver star" on a pole, drop
right through gate. Go downhill and
follow field boundaries.
At concrete track , turn right, then
turn left, then right up middle hill.
Either up over top and down to
wood, or contour right and follow
fence.
Take path at edge of wood which
goes SW across slope to gate and
road.
Cross road, CHECKPOINT 1
then follow path right up hill to
gate on right.
Bear left after gate. Run on
ramparts, round eastern edge of hill
fort.
Drop off rampart to gate at edge of
field.
Gate has "Permissive" sign on.
"Donated by Warminster rights of
way society".
Through gate 20 yards then follow
faded IRPP sign straight across field.
There is no obvious path to follow
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through the field. Bear SW.
Go through signed gate at SW
corner of field.
Follow track in grass.
When it splits take left hand fork to
signposted gate.
Follow sign and obvious path across
filed to prominent Tumulus.
At Tumulus pick up obvious path
downhill to wood.
Through wood, bear right down hill,
following path in grass. 100 yards
before fence and road look for
track with hedge boundaries to
funnel you down to road. Faster
than crossing fence.
Turn left onto road as sign posted.
TRAFFIC-TAKE CARE
Follow signs for East Hill Farm.
East Hill Farm At farm buildings, signpost on RHS,
turn right onto track, follow track
round corner to left.
Over military road, directly across is
signpost and sleeper steps up a
bank. Through trees. Come out into
grassland, head 45 degrees left to
closest corner of wood. There is no
path.
At wood corner run east along
southern edge of wood
At far end of wood is a signpost.
Follow NE across grassland to
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Military Road. Take this road to top
of hill.
At top of hill military road turns
right, follow it (signposted)
Down road, when road goes right,
go straight on (signposted) up dirt
track past flag pole.
Cross Byway (from Quebec Barn)
Head SE, through wooded area
Turn left (signposted), onto MAIN
ROAD. FAST MOVING TRAFFIC (or in
30 zone?) CHECKPOINT 2. Keep on
left. No pavement for 200 yards.
Get on pavement outside Kings
Head pub. Go past St Marys Close
and take next left towards Church.
After 30 yards turn right into Back
Lane (IRPP is signposted).
Follow "Back Lane" as it bends left.
Then you come to a track on your
right (signposted IRPP). Take this
dirt track up the tunnel of trees.
Barn on right. Cross small road
(signposted). Follow track on
contour then uphill to line of trees.
Through trees to signpost. Head
straight with fence on right hand
side.
At end of fence. You can now see
the German Village in the distance,
follow the faint track in the grass
going off to the right of the village,
down the slope. IF MISTY
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COMPASS BEARING OF IRPP IS 80
DEGREE
Track now becomes more obvious.
Signpost here.
Signpost here, straight over track.
Up slope. Trees are on left.
Military road comes in from right.
Signpost here. German village on
left. Straight on follow undulating
military road beyond wood on
horizon.
After wood, military road turns left.
In the dip there is a sign indicating
left, then one indicating right up a
dirt track. (Yes, you are in the
middle of nowhere!)
Signpost, straight over military
road.
Signpost. Good track comes in from
the right. Join this downhill.
Signpost straight on round right
hand bend. This is at fence corner
of White Barrow scheduled
monument.
At green faded sign. Turn left, along
track, initially between unfenced
fields, then with trees on right.
Where path splits, take left fork
marked "Restricted byway"
Join A360, turn left onto
pavement.
TAKE CARE
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At junction, CHECKPOINT 3, straight
on in westerley direction up minor
road to Chitterne
TAKE CARE. FACE TRAFFIC.
There is a Byway at 45 degrees to
right of road. It is overgrown and
impassable.
So continue up road 250 m.
On left hand side of road is a No
entry sign, IRPP sign, concrete
bollards and gap in trees.
Turn right taking track.
Barrows are on your left with Keep
Out posts.
At the Military Road, follow sign
right down hill 150 m.
Then go left at sign. Along faint
path in grass. Keep the series of
military signs on your left.
Junction with signpost. Head across
grass to track down slope in front of
line of trees. Follow this strong
track.
T junction. Signpost, turn right.
Down very rutted track.
Signpost, turn left. After 100 yards
cross road, signpost
Turn right down road. Signposted.
Past houses on right. Then sharp
left. Signposted on RHS of road.
Follow tarred road directly ahead.
After 300m cross a military road.
Head up hill for the trees.
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Halfway up hill, brick barn.
CHECKPOINT 4. Now a long section
of good tarmac road. Rising up at a
runnable incline (no signs for a
while, enjoy the views on the right)
Arrive at a cross roads. 120 degrees
right. Signposted IRPP. Surface
changes to gravel.
Straight on as the signpost says!
At junction continue straight on,
heading west up gravel track.
Turn left following the pink fringed
IRPP byway sign up the gravel road.
DO NOT FOLLOW THE YELLOW
FRINGED PEDESTRIAN IRPP SIGN
that goes straight on.
T junction, turn left. Signposted
IRPP.
Junction, turn right.
Downhill on gravel track.
At range entrance, turn right.
Turn left at junction.
Follow road up hill.
Barns on right, but keep straight on.
Range entrance. Turn right.
4 way junction
left along track to point runners
first joined IRPP
Turn right, downhill. Follow track
(signs)
T junction. Turn right onto road.
Turn left down path.
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Turn right into Sports Centre
FINISH- WELL DONE!!
Terms
Sign = Imber Perimeter Path sign (with cannon) IRPP or a black arrow on
yellow background.
Military Road = big concrete road fit for a tank
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