Flounders Folly

A circular walk of about 10 miles from Halford near Craven Arms in Shropshire to Flounders Folly.

• Halford (lay-by on B4368 (SO438829))
• Lower Dinchope
• Flounders Folly
• Westhope
• Wolverton Wood
• Strefford Wood
• Halford

Craven Arms

Hawkstone Park and Follies

A walk of about 4 miles around the follies at Hawkstone Park in Shropshire.

The park consists of about 100 acres of landscaped grounds with cliffs, crags, caves, clefts and follies created in the 18th Century by the Hill family. After many years of neglect they were restored in the early 1990s and reopened in 1993.

The Greenhouse and entrance to the follies

Belton Park

A circular walk of about 6 miles around Belton Park in Lincolnshire.

This walk is "A literary walk through Belton Park" from the Guardian web site plus visits to the Wilderness to the west of the house and the Bellmount Tower to the east of the house. Belton House is a National Trust property and there is an entry fee (free for members) to the gardens and the wilderness.

• Belton House Car Park (SK929391)
• Belton House Gardens and Lakes
• Bellmount Avenue
• Alongside the golf club to the South Gates
• Belton House
• The Wilderness
• Belton House Car Park

Belton House from the south

Sledmere Park

A walk of about 4 miles around Sledmere and Sledmere Park in East Yorkshire.

This was originally going to be the Jim Jarratt's Sledmere Follies Walk, but ended up as the start of his walk, then the Sledmere Park Walk (which is waymarked from the south-east end of the village) and finally a drive to Sir Tatton Sykes's Monument.

• Car park near the Eleanor Cross at Sledmere (SE928646)
• Waggoners Memorial
• Rotunda
• Sledmere Park Walk
• Car Park
• 3 mile drive through Sledmere and along the B1252 to Sir Tatton Sykes's Monument

The Eleanor Cross which was converted in 1919 into a War Memorial

Hackfall

A circular walk of about 4 miles at Hackfall Wood near Masham in North Yorkshire.

This walk is the Hackfall Explorer Walk from the Woodland Trust web site. The Hackfall web site has full details on the woodland and follies.

• Car Park (SE231775)
• Limehouse Hill
• Sandbed Hut
• The Grotto and Fourty Foot Fall
• Fountain Pond and the Rustic Temple
• Fisher's Hall
• Mowbray Castle
• Kent's Seat
• The Banqueting House / Ruin
• Car Park

Banqueting House / Ruin from Limehouse Hill

Wentworth Woodhouse and its follies

A circular walk of about 8 miles from Elsecar Heritage Centre in South Yorkshire.

This walk is the Wentworth Woodhouse - Hoober Stand walk from Jim Jarratt's Follies web site and the Wentworth Woodhouse and its follies walk from the Walking Britain web site.

• Elsecar Heritage Centre (SK385997)
• Needle's Eye
• Hoober Stand
• Nether Haugh
• Wentworth Park
• Wentworth
• Elsecar Heritage Centre

Elsecar and Hoyland