Redbourne Ponds

Start - Village green near the Red Lion pub, DN21 4QR

• 1
  Walk up Beck Lane to see the Duck Pond (Drain is on the left).
• 2
  Return, turn left along pavement past the Manor House.
• 3
  Carefully cross the High Street and go along School Lane: at the left hand bend continue ahead along an enclosed footpath (snicket), emerging into Park Lane.
• 4
  At the bend follow the road round to the left, continue to the road junction.
• 5
  Turn right along Carr Lane with the airfield to your left.
• 6
  Take the first road on the right, continue past Stoneholmes Wood to a road junction.
• 7
  Turn right past Gingerbread Cottage, along a track passing Stoneholmes wood on the right and later a stone wall on the left.
• 8
  At a path T-junction turn left following a boundary, cross the avenue approach road to Redbourne Hall, continue ahead along the field edge path.
• 9
  The field is on the right and tree hedge on left. This merges into a wide lane past the Great Fish Pond, stop here and turn around.
• 10
  Retrace steps back to point 8 path junction continue straight on.
• 11
  At the fingerpost (Vicarage Lane), take the crossfield path left. Continue left of trees, through a metal kissing gate, then left through a small playing field. Turn right on Vicarage Lane, cross High St, pass the Red Lion, and return to the start.