If you fancy following in the footsteps of Richard III and Warwick the Kingmaker, there is a decent battlefield walk, writen by David Clark in his excellent Battlefield Walks: The South (distance 5 miles 8.05km).
Beginning at the southern tip of Hadley Green, walk into the village and take the footpath off to the right shortly after East View.
The path broadens out into a grassy track which you should follow downwards. This track twists to the left and then crosses a stream. Walk through the final field and you will arrive on Bosworth Road.
At the end of Bosworth Road turn left into Woodville Road and then a right into Latimer Road followed by a left into Hadley Road to come out on Hadley Common.
Turn left and cross over the road to walk along the common's perimeter. Walk over the common (following in the footsteps of Richard, Duke of Gloucester) and onto Camlet Way. Warwick's position is widely held to have been behind the war memorial, tucked away in the treeline.
Turn left into Camlet Way and bear towards the right to arrive at St Mary the Virgin (built in 1494). After a jaunt around this very interesting church, go right into Dury Road and at the top, take another right into Hadley High Stone.
The memorial a little way along this road is supposed to mark the spot where Warwick met his death, although no definitive position has been agreed. The Lancastrian troops were ranged to the south of this monument. As well as providing a monument to those who died in the battle, it is also a milestone.
Cross the road here and walk south towards Barnet. Turn into Old Ford Lane and walk down towards the golf clubhouse. Follow the road to the left of the clubhouse and at the point where it forks into three, take the right-hand path to walk through the trees and onto the golf course.
Head towards the north west along the footpath running across the golf course and head towards the A1081 and over the stile. Cross the road to the footpath and walk down towards Barnet.
Turn sharp left into the High Street and the Great North Road to return to Hadley Green and your starting point.
(David Clark's book is published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, Phoenix Mill, Stroud, Gloucestershire. ISBN 0-7509-0260-4).
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