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This is one in a series of walks to help you DISCOVER BRIGHTWATER 3 BRAFFERTON Discover Brightwater. & NEWTON Discovering KETTON DISCOVER BRIGHTWATER 2 YOUR FREE ADVENTURE GUIDEDISCOVER & MAP BRIGHTWATER 5 1 LOCOMOTION Barmpton and DISCOVER BRIGHTWATER & HISTORIC HURWORTH SHILDONDISCOVER BRIGHTWATER 7 BURN YOUR FREE ADVENTUREHARDWICK GUIDE & MAP BARMPTON Little Ketton RESERVOIR PARK & YOUR FREE ADVENTURE GUIDE & MAP BISHOP’S FEN Distance: 5.7km / 3.5 Miles YOUR FREE ADVENTURE GUIDE & MAP Postcode: DL1 3JG (nearest) AND LITTLE Grid Ref: NZ 31617 17928 Turn left off Road (A1150) KETTON near Asda, onto Whinbush Way. Turn YOUR FREE ADVENTURE GUIDE & MAP left onto Barmpton Lane in 950m. What to expect from the walk: Along grassy paths and river banks, Be Social through farmland with stocked fields. If you enjoyed this walk, Tell us all about your Some steep inclines and muddy visit our website to see all walk on our social surfaces in bad weather conditions. the other walks, find out media channels. Barriers include stiles, kissing gates where you can pick up a Share your photos so and narrow footbridges. printed copy, or download everyone can see what a copy to a wonderful area it is Important A small area prior to the stone print at and they can Discover bridge over the Skerne. information home. Brightwater just like you. Don’t forget to take drinks and snacks as there are no places to buy refreshments on the route (and please take litter home). Allow up to 2.5 hours for this walk. This route follows public @discoverbwlp rights of way. Please keep dogs under close control at all times.

email [email protected] Visit our website www.discoverbrightwater.com 2 Follow the path ahead along the Skerne, 8 Walk over the bridge and uphill through a over a ditch crossing in 1km, passing bridle gate, bearing right through another Foxhill Wood on your right and the remains bridle gate. Walk over the rise to a field of an ancient quarry. gate, keeping the farm on your right. 3 The route closely follows the path of the Turn left towards another gate, and walk river Skerne for the next 1km and you will 9 up the slope. cross a narrow footbridge. Walk downhill through a gate and uphill 4 Join the surfaced farm track, the historical 10 Salter’s Lane, the road from the coast to once again towards another track and south County Durham used by salt traders, way marking post in 430m. by turning right towards the Ketton Cross the farm track, continue along the Packhorse Bridge. 11 From the small parking area, 5 footpath for 300m. 1 walk over the River Skerne along Follow the surfaced track to a tarmac road. Turn right and walk downhill along a the bridge and look for the timber kissing gate In 400m, walk ahead through the gate into 12 6 wooded track back to Barmpton. Pass on your left hand side leading into a field. Keep an an arable field, with Newton Beck on your through a kissing gate and join the eye out for kingfishers along the river near the bridge. right and then through another gate in 250m. Barmpton Lane. Turn right and follow the road back over the Skerne to the end of Continue along the bridleway, keeping the 7 the circular walk. Beck on your right, looking for and passing through another gate on your right in That’s great, you’ve completed the 150m and into a stocked field. Barmpton and Little Ketton Walk!

80 Barmpton & KEY on Lane 7 ett K Little Ketton Walking Route Newton Beck 8 85 6 65 70 Footpaths Little 5 Ketton Farm Road 9 Kettonleas 4 10 Wood 3 Bridleway

11 River Skerne 85 Horsepasture N Wood 74 W E Low 12 Skerningham 70 S 65 See if you can spot the remains of the Fox Hill 80 old quarry near 70 75 Fox Hill Wood. 65 There75 may be farm animals, 75 70 horses70 and riders along the 2 route. Some may be quite gentle65 and curious but still take care around them.

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Please always follow the Countryside Code