LOCAL WALKS
Walking for Health Ashwellthorpe & Fundenhall REVIEWED BY DOUGIE DINGWALL VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR AT CENTRAL NORFOLK WALKING FOR HEALTH Route by Ruth Burn/Sarah Liddington Route checked and photography by Dougie Dingwall
02. At the next junction, turn left (white arrow points right). The path wanders around before you turn right where it divides and exits the wood. Exit with marker post on field side of ditch is steep, with a very muddy ditch, shortly afterwards is easier. Turn right to follow the field edge, keeping the wood on your right. At the hedge, cross the plank bridge and turn right, again keeping the wood on your right. 03. Cross the next plank bridge and turn left, following the field edge and keeping the hedge on your left. Exit onto the pavement (The Street), turn left and walk along the narrow pavement past the church and village sign. When the road bends left, turn right up the gravel drive and cross the road to a path marked by a wooden finger post. Keep straight ahead, with the deep ditch to your right – in spring the primroses here are spectacular! 04. At the junction of the paths, with a marker post on the right, turn left up the wide path, which can be muddy. Turn left at the road (Church Lane), and soon turn right into the churchyard of St. Nicholas Church. The church is worth a visit for the local history display. On leaving the church, walk to the left through the churchyard, using the shingle path. At the road, turn left into Church Lane.
Starting Point: Lower Wood Car Park, The Street, Ashwellthorpe, Norwich NR16 1HB Grid Reference: TM139977 Walk Length (Miles / Km): 3.5 / 5.6 Please be careful crossing and walking along country lanes. The pavement is very narrow in Ashwellthorpe. Watch out for trip hazards and overhanging branches on footpaths and through the woods.
Directions 01. From the small car park, go through the gate on the right. Follow the path into the wood and then turn left (white arrow). Keep right where the path splits (white arrow) and continue straight ahead to a crossroads of paths (observation chair here). Turn right, then straight ahead at the next crossroads of paths.
05. Where the road bends to the left, keep straight ahead on the footpath which can be muddy, and continue ahead until the path divides. Keep ahead, then turn immediately right through the hole in the hedge and follow a well worn path left and then diagonally across a field. Bear left with the ditch on your right, then follow the ditch around to the right. At a junction of paths, turn left and continue with the hedge on your right. 06. On reaching a stile, walk around to the left and continue ahead. Turn right after some bushes onto a narrow path between two fields. Continue ahead at a yellow marker and a pond on your left, then turn right and then quickly left onto a wider path (it can be very muddy here). Continue past the yellow marker on the left to the road (The Street). Cross the road and turn left onto the narrow pavement, and return to the car park. 27
