Brampton station serves a very isolated local community in the heart of rural Suffolk. It also provides walkers with a convenient gateway to a landscape of extensive views across quiet, unspoiled ‘working’ countryside contrasting with more intimate rural scenes such as the diminutive parish church at Redisham, so evocatively described in Adrian Bell’s ‘Apple Acre’ when decked for harvest festival.

Route finding - key points (numbers refer to points on the route diagrams)

1. From the station go left along the road for about 50 yards. Just before the road crosses a stream the path starts left through a small wooded area to footbridge; then follow tractor wheel marks across field corner beyond to converge with right hedge.
2. A gravel drive leads towards the south door of the church. The path continues from the north-east corner of the churchyard over a footbridge.
3. Either go right along the hedge to railway stiles and an easily followed track beyond, traversing open arable farmland to Park Farm (Shorter Route), or continue along road (beware traffic). The more varied Outer Route is used for cattle grazing, so dogs must be closely controlled.
4. Path starts off right at the side of the ditch, diverging left across the field to the side of Sparrow’s Thicks and railway stiles.
5. Go right for a short distance along the broad track from South End Farm, ignoring the nearby footbridge on the left. Go ahead over a stile into the meadow and cross diagonally, passing between large oaks to reach the stile in the far corner.
6. Cross the footbridge set back in the hedge, then keep general direction, now on the other side of the hedge.
7. Official path goes diagonally across small a field to a gap.
8. The path continues at the side of a sinuous hedge on the right, which becomes a ditch further down; then go right on the well used track at the side of Titsal Wood.
9. Go left over a field access bridge and follow tractor wheel marks across the rising field to the wood edge. If the route of the bridleway through the plantation is not clear, go through the trees and turn right along the southern margin for about 300yds to waymark post.
10. A waymark post at the far side of the wood shows where to head across the field beyond, following tractor wheel marks. Near the hedge corner go right, following wheel marks again, to join a farm track towards Old Hall.

N.B. Most of the stiles near South End Farm and Westend Farm have been replaced by kissing gates.