Blyton Plantation Trail

Start - Blyton Village Hall Car Park, DN21 3JZ

• 1
  Leave the back of the Village hall car park on a signed public footpath passing the children's play area, continue straight ahead, through two metal gates until reach Paddock Lane, turn right down Paddock lane to reach main road.
• 2
  Cross road, turn left to reach bend in road.
• 3
  Turn right down Scarborough Road, continue straight ahead, becomes a signed public footpath track, continue downhill following the field edge until a wooden bridge, go over the wooden bridge.
• 4
  Turn right for approx 100 yards, then left down an unmarked track, head for Owlet Plantation Wood, long way down track.
• 5
  Enter Owlet plantation wood via a Stile on the right, keep to the left of a dyke following the edge of the wood.
• 6
  Exit via a wooden gate on the right, continue straight ahead following a woodland track.
• 7
  Turn left continuing on the track following the perimeter fence which will be on your right.
• 8
  Turn right still following perimeter fence
• 9
  Turn left still following the perimeter fence (obstruction of tree across track go around) continue along track to edge of plantation wood.
• 10
  Turn left, continue along track at edge of plantation wood, this turns into a wider winding track (Bird feeding station and memorial tree on left) (Ideal spot for lunch break).
• 11
  Continue on track to a wooden gate, go through and continue straight ahead until reaching a gravel track.
• 12
  Turn right on the gravel track ,continue to wooden gate to exit the plantation through a car park. Exit car park onto the road, turn right and careful walking on the road, follow the road past Cuckoo cottage and until road bends left.
• 13
  At bend continue straight ahead on wide track public bridleway sign, keeping Great Catchwater Drain on left, continue on this track for long distance until reaching a wooden bridge.
• 14
  Cross wooden bridge, turn right up the lane passing Sandbeck Farm on the right, continue up Lane back to Blyton and return to Village Hall car park via Church Lane .