1. With your back to St. Andrew’s church For the shorter walk turn left towards Crow Hill. Take the first Point B: Bedingham right into Dulgate Road. village sign 6 At the end of Willow Lane (Point A), turn left into School Road and continue down School 2 Turn into Willow Lane on Road until you reach Osborne’s Farm on your your left. At the end of Willow left, and a public footpath sign and No Through Lane you reach point A. Road sign on your right. Turn right along a stoned track towards Wood Farm Barn. The walk now splits into a longer route, which avoids an awkward 7 Just before Wood Barn Farm gate turn left stile, or a shorter route. over stile on to footpath then right towards Hall (For shorter walk omit nos. 3–5) Road. At the end of the field when you leave the footpath, turn left along the gravelled roadway, which is Hall Road. At the end of Hall Road you For the longer walk reach Point B (Bedingham village sign).

3 At point A, turn right into School Road. 8 Continue down Knaves Lane, which is a 4 At the end of School metalled road opposite the end of Hall Road. Road, at the junction with 9 Follow Knaves Lane down and over two Ketts Lane, turn left at the bridges. Just before the village sign, footpath sign and go opposite a converted flint and brick barn, turn through a 5-barred gate. left into an unmade-up road, Sunnyside.* Keep on past Stag Farm following the grass track. 10 At the end of Sunnyside, look for a narrow At the end of the grass footpath carrying straight on, with hedges on track turn left, and both sides. It soon becomes a wider track, continue along a rutted and emerges into Triple Plea Road. Turn left track. When the track and follow Triple Plea Road round to the reaches an open field, * To get to right, carrying on until you reach a telephone turn right – there is a Woodton box on your right at a left-hand bend in the hedge on your right. village shop road. Here carry straight on into the field. The and to the path bends to the left and then right again pub, carry 5 When you reach a straight along a stream. Follow the field edge, past a gravelled roadway (Hall on here plantation of poplars, until you reach the end Road), turn left and follow instead of of the footpath and Wash Lane. turning into the roadway through a left Sunnyside. 11 Turn left and then take the first left over and a right bend to Point B Bedingham ford. Continue up the hill to at Bedingham village sign. return to Bedingham Church on your left. These two walks of approximately 3¼ and General information for walkers 3½ miles use a mixture of footpaths over Amenities A Circular Walk arable land – which can be muddy at times – There is one shop in nearby Woodton (open 7a.m.– and low-traffic country roads. Both walks 8p.m. Mon–Sat, and 8–6 Sun), and two shops in from the offer panoramic views over the countryside , a general store in The Street (open every day), and a butcher/delicatessen (open 7–5 Mon–Fri with a variety of wildlife and wild flowers, and 7–3 Sat). The King’s Head pub in Woodton has a Parish Church especially primroses and cowslips in the carvery on Sundays, and is closed on Mondays. spring. Access by road of Bedingham The church is particularly beautiful, and is Bedingham is south of , off the B1332 (to much loved for its light and grace. The pews Bungay). From Norwich, take the right-hand turning are largely medieval, and there are Georgian immediately after Woodton School, go straight on between Woodton shop and the pub, and turn right at box pews in the side aisles. The back pews Bedingham village sign. From Bungay, take the first on each side of the central aisle each have a left turning after . You will soon see the little medieval carved head. Remarkably, village sign on your left. The church is about ½ mile there used to be two churches within the further on your right. From Hempnall, take the B1527 churchyard – the second church, affiliated to to Woodton, carrying straight on into the village at the junction limited to 20mph. Turn right into Triple Plea St Mary’s at Walsingham, is no longer Road at the fingerpost, then right again at the end of standing, but the history lives on in the name the road – you can see the church to your right of the neighbouring Priory Farm. Further beyond the farm. Limited parking is available on the information at www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ grass verge by the church gates. bedingham/bedingham.htm. Walkers are reminded that they should St Andrew’s Church is to be found on observe the Countryside Code: Ordnance Survey map Explorer OL40. The postcode at the church is NR35 2DA. Guard against all risks of fire St Andrew’s Church is always open Fasten all gates Use of Hall Road by kind permission of Bruce and welcomes you Seaman Farms. Keep dogs under close control Keep to paths across farmland If you have any comments or queries, please contact Avoid damaging fences, hedges and walls Two circular walks from the church, The Church Office, The Rectory, The Street, Hempnall, NR15 2AD Leave no litter – take it home one of approx. 3 miles, [email protected] Safeguard water supplies and one of approx. 3½ miles The Hempnall Group of Churches is very grateful to Protect wildlife, wild plants and trees (avoiding awkward stile) Mrs Monica Churchill for the lovely artwork on this leaflet. (1¼ and 1½ hours respectively) Printed and published by the Hempnall Group of Churches Go carefully on country roads May 2011 Respect all life of the countryside