Redbourne Ponds

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

1. 1
   Walk up Beck Lane to see the Duck Pond (Drain is on the left).
2. 2
   Return, turn left along pavement past the Manor House.
3. 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. 4
   At the bend follow the road round to the left, continue to the road junction.
5. 5
   Turn right along Carr Lane with the airfield to your left.
6. 6
   Take the first road on the right, continue past Stoneholmes Wood to a road junction.
7. 7
   Turn right past Gingerbread Cottage, along a track passing Stoneholmes wood on the right and later a stone wall on the left.
8. 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. 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. 10
    Retrace steps back to point 8 path junction continue straight on.
11. 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.