Scotton

Start - Village Hall car park, Northorpe Road, DN21 3QR

• 1
  Start at village hall on Northorpe Road and turn right out of the car park. Caution, no footpath here.
• 2
  At the T-junction turn right on to Eastgate and proceed past Church Lane on your left. Take the following left turn down a narrow lane (again no footpath), and then turn left on to Crapple Lane.
• 3
  Follow Crapple Lane to it's junction with Scotter Road, then before Scotter Road crosses the small bridge over Scotton Beck, turn left up a wide track. This is Coffin Lane but it is unsigned. (can be very Muddy after Rain).
• 4
  Continue on Coffin Lane past the memory tree for ~1.2 km. Look left for two grey metal gates at right angles. Opposite is a small track into the woods. If you reach the power lines, you’ve gone too far—turn back.
• 5
  Follow the track into the woods to a V-junction. Take the right fork over a dry ditch, then turn immediately right. Continue for ¼ mile, then turn right through a wide fence gap and follow the path to rejoin Coffin Lane.
• 6
  Turn left onto Coffin Lane and retrace your steps passed the memory tree and back to Scotter Road.
• 7
  Turn right onto Scotter Rd, then right again onto Eastgate. Continue to where Middle St joins on the left. To extend the walk ~150m, stay on Eastgate, turn left on High St, then right on Middle St to reach Northorpe Rd.
• 8
  Go along Middle Street till it Joins Northorpe Road, turn left and almost immediately cross the road into the village hall car park.