The path runs up the hill into Hale Park, with the Palladian style Hale House, (build by the architect Thomas Archer around 1715), to the North West. The path converges with the fine avenue of Lime trees running North East from the house. These Lime trees and many others in and around the park are host to an extensive colony of Mistletoe, much beloved by couples at Christmas time. There is no evidence that this was harvested, (as was, and still is in the West Midlands), but it is a magnificent sight.
This cache forms part of our first series which consists of 9 traditional caches of various sizes near Hale and Woodgreen. You can do them all as a circular walk of about 4km through a variety of different environments. There are short stretches on minor roads, so take care, but it is mostly on footpaths.
We suggest you park near the Church Micro on the circuit (St Mary’s Hale GC45Y2W), or near the Avon Valley Path on Woodgreen Common, if you want to do them all.
The caches on the route are (in order) St Mary’s Hale, Lime Avenue, Mistletoe Path, Picket Well, Holly Bridge, Higherend, Shady Corner, Under the Oak Tree, Moot Lane.
We hope you enjoy the walk.