This favourite village walk takes you behind Gardners Drive, leading through the southern stretch of Hullavington’s Wildlife Corridor towards the quiet backdrop of Stock Wood.

Once owned by the Duke of Beaufort, Stock Wood supplied ash and hazel to Hullavington’s many hurdle makers — a reminder of the village’s long rural heritage. The walk itself winds through a chain of uncultivated meadows, hedgerows and field edges that have been left largely untouched for decades. With its winterbourne stream and scattered ponds, this landscape has become a haven for wildlife: slowworms warming themselves along the banks, roe deer moving quietly through the woods and hedges, and an ever‑changing mix of birds, wildflowers and insect life.

It’s a gentle, rewarding route that blends heritage, scenery and biodiversity — a peaceful slice of Hullavington countryside ending with the lovely presence of Stock Wood.

1. Starting by Hullavington Garage and Shop, go down Frog Lane and take the footpath at its end.  Just before the camp boundary fence, take the wooden kissing gate on your right, into the field Ryelands.  
2. Head for the diagonally opposite corner of the field to cross the stream and the wooden footbridge, passing on your way the pond that lies hidden in the undergrowth on your left. Frogspawn has been found here.

3. On entering the field, follow the line of the hedge on your right, past the metal gate until you reach the point where the hedge turns to the right and you see the stile in the corner.   

4. Cross the stile and turn left as you enter this area behind Coopers Kennels. Then, keeping to the hedge and deep ditch on your left, proceed over the series of stiles and the footbridge in the far corner of the field.  

5. Pass the grass-covered hangar on your left and follow the edge of Stock Wood to the end of the very large field where there is a hunting gate into a conservation area. Before Hullavington Airfield was opened in 1937, the path between here and Stanton St Quintin must have been a delightful amble.