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From the A429 (Fosse Way)
Coming north from Bath, Cirencester and Northleach, turn
right signed to Sherborne 5 and Clapton 2. Setting you milometer at
0 continue for 0.5 miles to a T-junction and bear right to Clapton.
At 1.9 miles take the turning to the left signed to Clapton on the
Hill. At 2.9 miles you will be outside our house.
Coming south from Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon on the
A429, you pass Bourton-on-the-Water and turn left at the sign to
Clapton and Sherborne.
From the A40
From London and Oxford, follow the A40 towards Cheltenham. Set your
milometer to 0 at Burford and at 6.4 miles turn right to Clapton and
Sherborne. Continue along this road and at 9.1 miles turn right at
the sign to Clapton-on-the-Hill.
From the west (Cheltenham and Gloucester), pass Northleach on
the bypass and continue for about two miles, turn left at sign to
Sherborne 5 and Clapton 2 and then proceed as above.
Once in the village continue down the main road until you reach the
village green (this is really a triangular bit of grass with a horse
chestnut tree growing in the middle of it and a letter box in one
corner) whereupon you bear right, keeping this to your left, past a
house called The Granary and past a house called The Shippon. You
will then be outside Clapton Manor, a three-storey house covered in
ivy with two yew trees flanking the old front door that looks down
the hill. Beyond the green front door there are two gateposts, one
covered in clematis, and inside these is our parking area. Please
park your car there. The front door is through the wrought iron gate
into the garden.
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