This section of the Green Trail runs parallel to the M4 motorway and through Croft Country Park.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE:
Ladder Lane
Ladder Lane heads south, over the motorway and up through Burderop Wood to Brimble Hill, meeting the Wroughton to Chiseldon road. This steep, historic trackway was the old Swindon to Marlborough route used by stagecoaches and carts drawn by horses or oxen that once hauled goods up and over the hill on the way to market.
You can access routes to the villages of Wroughton, Hodson, and Chiseldon, as well as the Iron Age hillfort of Barbury Castle and the Ridgeway National Trail via Ladder Lane.
CAUTION: This section of the Trail passes close to the Swindon Mountain Bike Track, please keep to the designated footpath route.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE:
For routes to the start of the Railway Path in Signal Way or to visit The Lawn via Bruddel Wood, cross Pipers Way and then turn back on yourself slightly and take the path between Glenwood Close Allotments and the roundabout. At the end of the track, turn northwards and head up into Great Copse and follow the trail to Pipers Way or Croft Sports Centre.