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Showing posts with label Nottinghamshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nottinghamshire. Show all posts

Monday, 15 February 2016

Pleasley Pit Country Park and Silverhill Wood

A walk of about 10 miles from the Teversal Trails Visitor Centre in Nottinghamshire to Pleasley Pit Country Park and Silverhill Wood.
  • Teversal Visitor Centre Car Park (SK479614)
  • Link track eastwards
  • Skegby Trail northwards
  • Pleasley Pit Country Park
  • North-west towards Rowthorne
  • South to the Rowthorne Trail
  • East along the Rowthorne Trail
  • South-west on the Teversal Trail
  • Silverhill Wood
  • Teversal Visitor Centre Car Park
The Link Track heading eastwards to the Skegby Trail

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Colwick Country Park & Colwick Woods

A circular walk of about 7 miles around Colwick Country Park and Colwick Woods in Nottinghamshire.
  • Road near Colwick Hall (SK600390)
  • Colwick Country Park
  • Colwick Village
  • Colwick Woods
  • Road near Colwick Hall
Colwick Hall

Friday, 15 January 2016

Four Nottinghamshire Oaks

A circular walk of about 13 miles from the Sherwood Forest Country Park Car Park which is situated to the north of Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire to four oak trees - The Major Oak, Centre Tree, The Parliament Oak and the Old Churn Oak.
  • Sherwood Forest Country Park Car Park (SK625675)
  • Major Oak
  • Centre Tree
  • Market Warsop
  • Parliament Oak
  • Old Churn Oak
  • Clipstone Drive
  • Kings Clipstone
  • Sherwood Forest Country Park Car Park

No. 1 - The Major Oak

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Vicar Water from Rufford Abbey Country Park

A circular walk of about 13 miles from Rufford Abbey Country Park in Nottinghamshire to Vicar Water Country Park.
  • Rufford Abbey Country Park (SK643647)
  • Sherwood Pines Forest Park
  • Vicar Water Country Park
  • Kings Clipstone
  • Alongside the River Maun towards Edwinstowe
  • Rufford Abbey Country Park
Lime Tree Avenue in Rufford Abbey Country Park

Friday, 9 October 2015

Eakring from Farnsfield

A circular walk of about 10 miles from Farnsfield in Nottinghamshire to Bilsthorpe and Eakring.
  • Southwell Trail Car Park at Farnsfield (SK643572)
  • Bilsthorpe
  • Eakring
  • Belle Eau Park
  • Hexgreave Park
  • Southwell Trail Car Park at Farnsfield

Southwell Trail from the Car Park at Farnsfield

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Robin Hood Hill from Farnsfield

A linear out and back walk of about 7 miles from Farnsfield in Nottinghamshire.
  • Southwell Trail Car Park at Farnsfield (SK643572)
  • Combs Wood
  • Robin Hood Hill
  • Combs Wood
  • Southwell Trail Car Park at Farnsfield

The Lock Up at Farnsfield

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Linby and Newstead Abbey

A circular walk of about 8 miles from Papplewick in Nottinghamshire to Linby, Newstead and Annesley Country Park and Newstead Abbey.
  • Layby on B6011 to the west of Papplewick (SK544511)
  • Linby
  • Linby Trail
  • Newstead and Annesley Country Park
  • Newstead Abbey
  • Papplewick

Papplewick Carr Woods

Monday, 9 February 2015

Southwell and Norwood Park

A circular walk of about 6 miles from Southwell in Nottinghamshire to Norwood Park and Brackenhurst.
  • Southwell Trail Car Park in Station Road, Southwell (SK706544)
  • River Greet to Maythorne
  • Norwood Park
  • Brackenhurst
  • Southwell
Caudwell Mill at Southwell

Sunday, 7 September 2014

Scarrington and Car Colston

A circular walk of about 8 miles from Bingham in Nottinghamshire to the villages of Scarrington and Car Colston.
  • Car Park in Bingham (SK703399)
  • North-east to Scarrington
  • North-west to Car Colston
  • South-west to Bingham

The Butter Cross at Bingham

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Heather and Longhorns in Sherwood Forest

A circular walk of about 8 miles from the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre in Nottinghamshire to Budby South Forest.
  • Car park (SK626677)
  • Major Oak
  • Budby South Forest
  • Birklands
  • Centre Tree
  • Car Park

Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Bunny from East Leake

A circular walk of about 8 miles from East Leake in Nottinghamshire to Bunny.
  • East Leake - Free Car Park in Gotham Road (grid reference SK555263)
  • North on Gotham Road
  • East and north on Lantern Lane
  • East alongside Fairham Brook to Bunny
  • South to Bunny Old Wood
  • South-west to Bunny Hill Top
  • West on Ash Lane
  • South-west to East Leake
North on Lantern Lane

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Hexgreave Park and the Duke's Wood

A circular walk of about 8 miles from the disused Kirklington Station in Nottinghamshire to Hexgreave Park and the Duke's Wood.
  • Car park at the disused Kirklington Station (SK675566)
  • West along the Southwell Trail
  • North to Hexgreave Park
  • North-east to Eakring Brail Wood
  • South-east to the Duke's Wood
  • South to Kirklington Station

The Southwell Trail to the west of Kirklington Station

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Fiskerton to Southwell and back

A circular walk of about 11 miles from Fiskerton in Nottinghamshire to Southwell and back.
  • Riverside car park at Fiskerton (SK742515)
  • Rolleston
  • Southwell Racecourse
  • Easthorpe
  • Southwell
  • Weldon Farm
  • Morton
  • Fiskerton
The River Trent at Fiskerton

Sunday, 30 March 2014

West Leake Hills and Gotham Hill

A circular walk of about 10 miles from East Leake in Nottinghamshire to the West Leake Hills and Gotham Hill. This walk is the East Leake and Gotham Walk from the Nottingham Post web site.
  • East Leake - Free Car Park in Gotham Road (grid reference SK555263)
  • Fox Hill
  • West Leake Hills
  • Gotham Hill
  • Gotham
  • East Leake

The path between East Leake and Fox Hill

Friday, 14 March 2014

Fountain Dale and Blidworth

A circular walk of about 9 miles from the Thieves Wood Car Park near Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire.
  • Thieves Wood Car Park (SK541558)
  • Sheppard's Stone
  • Fountain Dale
  • Blidworth
  • Thieves Wood Car Park
Leaving the Thieves Wood Car Park

Monday, 13 January 2014

The Major Oak from Rufford Abbey Country Park

A circular walk of about 10 miles from Rufford Abbey Country Park in Nottinghamshire to the Major Oak.

  • Rufford Abbey Country Park (SK643647)
  • Edwinstowe
  • Major Oak
  • Centre Tree
  • Archway House
  • Rufford Abbey Country Park
Rufford Abbey

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Silverhill Wood and Pleasley Pit Country Park

A walk of about 9 miles from the Teversal Trails Visitor Centre in Nottinghamshire to Silverhill Wood and Pleasley Pit Country Park.
  • Teversal Visitor Centre Car Park (SK479614)
  • Silverhill Wood
  • Teversal Trail
  • Pleasley Pit Country Park
  • Skegby Trail
  • Link Track
  • Teversal Visitor Centre Car Park
Teversal Coal Garden

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Farndon

A walk of about 5 miles from the Queen's Sconce at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire to Farndon and back alongside the River Trent.
  • Sconce and Devon Park Car Park (free) (SK792532)
  • Farndon
  • Return alongside the River Trent
The Queen's Sconce
A fortification of earth from the Civil War
Named after Queen Henrietta, wife of King Charles 1st
Sconce is from the Dutch for fort

Thursday, 7 November 2013

The Carrs and Shirebrook Wood

A walk of about 10 miles from the Carrs at Church Warsop in Nottinghamshire to Shirebrook Wood and back (3 miles there, 4 miles around the wood and 3 miles back again).
  • The Carrs car park on the A60 at Church Warsop (SK568686)
  • Sookholme Lane
  • Shirebrook Wood
  • The Carrs car park
Church of St Peter and St Paul at Church Warsop

Friday, 12 July 2013

RAF Newton from East Bridgford

A circular walk of about 5 miles from East Bridgford in Nottinghamshire to the former RAF Newton which was built in 1939 and in use until 2000.
  • Car Park in Main Street, East Bridgford (SK694429)
  • Old Toll Bridge
  • Newton Mill
  • RAF Newton
  • Newton
  • East Bridgford
St Peter's Church at East Bridgford