Vale of Belvoir Holiday Ride Peacock Farm
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to return to Peacock Farm. Farm. Peacock to return to www.ridewelland.co.uk trace your steps through Barkstone Barkstone through steps your trace - Re way you rode along earlier. earlier. along rode you way - by the join junction and turn right to re- to right turn and junction - T a reach Carry straight along the path until you you until path the along straight Carry way is the nearer (right) one. one. (right) nearer the is way pylon about 20 yards in, and the bridle- the and in, yards 20 about pylon Loose horse in one field one in horse Loose to each other, the further (left) has a a has (left) further the other, each to Bird scarers in spring in scarers Bird also there are two field entrances next next entrances field two are there also Low Gate: bridleway sign thrown in the hedge, hedge, the in thrown sign bridleway 60% road: - Off (GENERAL) HAZARDS the time of walking; look out for the the for out look walking; of time the 13 Miles: right. This was very poorly marked at at marked poorly very was This right. 861604 01949 Tel: road, looking out for a bridleway on the the on bridleway a for out looking road, 361 786 SK At the road, turn left and ride along the the along ride and left turn road, the At Farm Peacock 9HE NG13 ref: Map OS point Start/Finish Nottinghamshire road. the reach Langar and turn left. Carry straight on until you you until on straight Carry left. turn and Redmile Street Main on until you meet another bridleway bridleway another meet you until on point: starting to Village Nearest Head Unicorns At the far side of the field carry straight straight carry field the of side far the At Peacock farm farm Peacock Langar - Granby - Vale of Belvoir Holiday ride Holiday Belvoir of Vale HOSPITALITY FRIENDLY - HORSE (cont) 2 Leg Leg 1 From OS Map ref: SK 786 361 Leg 1 (cont) Leg 2 Leg 2 (cont) To OS Map ref: SK 723 345 The bridleway can be accessed to From OS Map ref SK 723 345 At the end of the first field turn right off The Unicorn’s head the right of the red barrier. To the track an follow the grassy margin. Approx 6.5 miles OS Map ref SK 786 361 Keep following the clear signs as you Follow the bridleway all the way to Approx 6.5 miles zig-zag through the fields. From Peacock Farm turn right and the end and turn left onto the road. then right again towards Barkestone-le From the pub track back the way you Past a small copse the bridleway leads -Vale. Carry on along this road, past the left came to the main road, turn left then though a small field, which at the time turning, and take the first right into first right and follow the road to of walking contained two large horses. Ride through the village and about 100 Langar. Barnstone. yards after the end of the village turn They were very calm, well mannered right onto a by-way. Follow this road round to the left and Turn right down a residential no- animals with us and presumably you will arrive at the horse-friendly through-road and follow this road accustomed to other horses passing Follow this by-way all the way to the Unicorn's Head pub. past houses, a cement works and a through as this is a well used bridleway. end, and turn right onto the road into smallholding. Granby. Ride straight through Granby and carry straight on along the road Carry on along the track until you until you come to a bridleway on the reach Barnstone Lodge, and skirt left where the road turns to the right. round the buildings to the right. ride! the for along him brought you if outside and one next to it for your ferret ferret your for it to next one and outside Flawborough. to road the along field. the of edge left the bite to eat here; there is a horse tie up up tie horse a is there here; eat to bite ride and right turn way, - by the of end cleared and there were hoofprints around around hoofprints were there and cleared throughout. marked well is it side the Durham Ox. Enjoy a drink and and drink a Enjoy Ox. Durham the side the At (smelly!). farm chicken range free field, but when walked no track had been been had track no walked when but field, grassy track all the way around the field; field; the around way the all track grassy left then left again and you will be out- be will you and again left then left a passing end, the to way - by the Follow field. The bridleway here cuts across the the across cuts here bridleway The field. the right of the track. Follow the wide, wide, the Follow track. the of right the ston Village. Follow this to the end, turn turn end, the to this Follow Village. ston pond at the other side. Turn right into a a into right Turn side. other the at pond permissive ride is marked by a map to to map a by marked is ride permissive Eventually you will reach a lane in Or- in lane a reach will you Eventually miles 4.5 Approx the path under a railway bridge and past a a past and bridge railway a under path the yards turn right onto a field margin. The The margin. field a onto right turn yards marked. well and 410 769 SK ref: Map OS emerges onto a field edge. Keep following following Keep edge. field a onto emerges being a B road) and after about 200 200 about after and road) B a being the middle of fields, and the track is clear clear is track the and fields, of middle the To couple of very reedy lakes. The path then then path The lakes. reedy very of couple spite The bridleway mainly passes through through passes mainly bridleway The 417 782 SK ref: Map OS From to the path through the trees and past a a past and trees the through path the to straight on (this is a fast busy road, de- road, busy fast a is (this on straight yards. 50 about 2 Leg The track narrows in a wooded area. Keep Keep area. wooded a in narrows track The At the far side of the A52 follow the road road the follow A52 the of side far the At and turn right onto a bridleway after after bridleway a onto right turn and A52. the turn left. Stay on the lane over the bridge bridge the over lane the on Stay left. turn left. your on bridleway track. the along on carry lage you will need to cross directly over over directly cross to need will you lage Carry on until you reach the lane, then then lane, the reach you until on Carry the Take right. sharp turns it where along this road until it turns into a track and and track a into turns it until road this along through Elton and as you leave the vil- the leave you as and Elton through grassy track alongside the River Smite. Smite. River the alongside track grassy to way the all road the follow and right fork, taking the no through road. Keep going going Keep road. through no the taking fork, Turn right here towards Elton. Go Go Elton. towards here right Turn The next section of ride is along a wide, wide, a along is ride of section next The the to village the pass - by Orston of skirts junction. Turn right and keep right at the the at right keep and right Turn junction. - T a the road all the way to a cross road. road. cross a to way the all road the out- the reach you When Orston. wards left and carry on along road until you reach reach you until road along on carry and left From Peacock Farm turn left and follow follow and left turn Farm Peacock From bridlegate. a round) (or through to- follow and road the on right Turn From the road the Durham Ox is on, turn turn on, is Ox Durham the road the From Go over the bridge and turn first right right first turn and bridge the over Go miles 5.5 Approx way until you reach a bridge over a river. river. a over bridge a reach you until way road. the to miles 5 Approx 417 782 SK ref: Map OS about 200 yards. Follow the track all the the all track the Follow yards. 200 about house new smart a past edge, field the 362 750 SK ref Map OS To road, which turns onto a track after after track a onto turns which road, down bridleway this follow corner; far the To 361 786 SK ref: Map OS From Go past the church and turn left down a a down left turn and church the past Go at bridleway a joins path permissive The 410 769 SK ref Map OS From 1 Leg (cont) 2 Leg (cont 1 Leg 3 Leg Leg 3 (cont) Leg 4 HORSE-FRIENDLY HOSPITALITY Carry on around the field until you come to From OS Map ref SK 750 362 Vale of Belvoir Holiday ride the entry to a track on your left.