The Bear Inn, Berkswell – Berkswell Well loop from Berkswell
The Bear Inn, Berkswell – Berkswell Well loop from Berkswell
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The Bear Inn, Berkswell – Berkswell Well loop from Berkswell
01:39
6.39km
40m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 22, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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106 m
Old Farmhouse, Berkswell
Highlight • Historical Site
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134 m
The Bear Inn, Berkswell
Highlight • Pub
Berkswell's toponym is derived from the Berks Well, a 16 ft (5 m) square, stone-walled water well just outside the churchyard. It is said to have been used for baptisms by immersion and can still be seen today.
There are several 16th and 17th century houses in the village. The Bear Inn dates from the 16th century. The local history society runs a small museum in a 17th-century cottage near the church.
Ram Hall, about 0.5 miles (800 m) southeast of the village, was built about 1600. The Old Rectory, now called The Well House, south of the church, is early 18th century, then replacing a rectory whose records go back to early 17th century. The almshouses were built in 1853.
There is a village green on which are the stocks[5] that were used for punishing petty offenders. It is claimed that these were especially built for a one-legged ex-soldier and his two drinking companions as there are only five leg holes.
On Windmill Lane is the protected and restored Berkswell Windmill, a fine example of a tower millwith its original machinery.
Other local features include Marsh Lane Nature Reserve. There is a small Church of England primary school near the church on Church Lane.
Tip by
262 m
The Nook at Berkswell
Highlight • Cafe
Tip by
336 m
Berkswell Well
Highlight • Natural
The English place names society suggested that the name Berkswell means Well or Spring of Bercul, a personal name that is found in Mercia ( wherein "Berkswell" lay) in the eighth century.
Christianity had been brought to this area by travelling monks from Lichfield. A local leader, Bercul, is said to have been baptised in the well.
The well was the source of water for many villagers, including the school, right up until the mid twentieth century. In the nineteenth century a pipe was laid from the Well to Berkswell Hall where a hydraulic water ram lifted it for use in the Hall up until the eve of the second world war. The well was refurbished in to its present form in 1851.
Tip by
372 m
St John the Baptist Church, Berkswell
Highlight • Historical Site
Tip by
1.41 km
Marlowes
Forest
2.05 km
Sixteen Acre Wood
Forest
6.39 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.14 km
1.22 km
957 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.97 km
1.33 km
583 m
503 m
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