Medieval Maze and Victorian Spendour

Start - Sheffield Arms, DN15 9BP

• 1
  Leaving the village, cycle south along the top of Burton Wood, a profusion of wild garlic in spring.
• 2
  Cycling east from Flixborough you pass the former Normanby Park steelworks, closed in the 1980s, and now being reclaimed and landscaped.
• 3
  Turn left onto the B1430 (quite busy), to travel north through the Sheffield family's Normanby Estate. Normanby Hall Country Park.
• 4
  From Thealby, a left turn will shorten the route, to return to Burton upon Stather.
• 5
  Cycling north towards Coleby, the old ironstone mines are clearly visible.
• 6
  Your route takes you north, along the valley of Winterton Beck to Alkborough.
• 7
  Passing the small hamlet of Walcot, on your return to Burton Upon Stather