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Epworth Trail

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Route details

5.4 miles
Moderate terrain
01:15 hours
2 difficulty
circular
Walking type

Start - Holmes and Gardens Garden Centre, Belton Road, DN9 1JL

  • 1
    Leave car park through main exit, turn right, cross A161, heading out of Epworth up hill.
  • 2
    Turn left at the 3rd signpost toward the windmill. Follow bends. At the crossroads, go straight past the Ellers Field info board. Keep left at the fork, turn right with houses on your left. Continue to the T-junction and turn left to West End Road.
  • 3
    Turn left along West End Road, cross road, at wooden public footpath sign turn right, continue along track.
  • 4
    At ditch turn right and continue along same track.
  • 5
    Turn left at wooden sign (hedge will be on left) Continue straight on, exit next to metal gate onto lane passing Sandhill Farm on right.
  • 6
    Turn left at bend in lane, continue along lane with Epworth Turbary nature reserve on right, ditch on left.
  • 7
    At end of lane when meet the road turn right, carefully walk along road for 100 yards.
  • 8
    At the bend, turn left onto Turbary Road. Continue along the lane, cross a wooden footbridge at the bend, and follow the public footpath. Cross another field and bridge, go under a disused railway bridge, and follow bends around fields back to Epworth.
  • 9
    Turn right behind houses to leisure centre. Left with school field on right. Pass Epworth Primary, left at footpath sign. Right on Studcross, continue via Fieldside & Battlegreen. Right on Station Rd, left on Tottermire Ln to Garden Centre.
Please note: routes are created by volunteers and may change due to ground conditions. Start points and landmarks are directional guides only and may be near or on private property.