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Melton Ross, New Barnetby Airport Walk

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3 miles
Moderate terrain
01:45 hours
2 difficulty
circular
Walking type

Start - At hill top road junction above New Barnetby, DN38 6DZ

  1. 1
    Take the way marked footpath to the left of a derelict building, continue to a Kissing Gate.
  2. 2
    Continue and walk diagonally left across a field to a Kissing Gate in the hedge.
  3. 3
    Go through the Kissing Gate, follow the headland path, hedge on your right. At the field end continue straight on.
  4. 4
    Cross an unsurfaced road, continue on, now to the right of a hedge.
  5. 5
    When the hedge ends, cross a field descending towards trees, aiming just to the right of the distant Airport Control Tower.
  6. 6
    Enter the copse, cross a wooden footbridge between two ponds, walk to the left of an old farm following a fence (on your left) through a gate to a road.
  7. 7
    Turn left (a row of conifers on your right).
  8. 8
    Take first left onto a farm road gaining entry through an unusual walkerfriendly gate.
  9. 9
    At Stonecroft House Farm bear right round and alongside a narrow plantation; at its end continue ahead across the field initially to a telegraph pole in the middle, then aiming towards a lamppost with a fir tree behind it at New Barnetby.
  10. 10
    Turn left up the long, ascending road back to the starting point.
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.