LOCAL WALKS
Walking for Health Framingham Pigot East &Yelverton REVIEWED BY DOUGIE DINGWALL VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR AT CENTRAL NORFOLK WELLBEING WALKS Route by Rhona Shuttleworth Route checked and photography by Dougie Dingwall
Starting Point: St Andrews Church, The Street, Framingham Pigot, Norwich NR14 7QH Grid Reference: OS Map 237/ OL 40: TG 27782 03614 Walk Length 3.6 Miles / 5.8 KM
Directions 01. Turn right into The Street from St Andrew’s Church car park. After a few hundred meters turn right onto Chapel Lane and walk until the road joins Gull Lane, then turn left. Just before the end of Gull Lane turn right onto the public footpath to Woodland Bungalow.
02. Continue into a field (through a rambler’s gate on left), but continue straight and keep the hedge on your right. At the end of the field turn left along the track, which then veers right. Go through another gate and continue straight on. The track goes through the farm buildings (often very muddy), then veers left towards a wooden gate between the conifers. Pass through another gate to the houses and then turn left into Framingham Earl Road. 03. Just past the water tower turn right along a drive towards a house called The Driftway. There is a finger post here, but it’s sometimes hidden by a hedge. Follow this hard surface lane to the big houses, where the lane veers right and then left. The vehicle track then becomes a footpath between hedges. Continue straight, ignoring the kissing gate on the left. On reaching Wheel Road turn right and continue into Burgate Lane. There are some bends so take extra care. 04. Turn right once you reach the public right of way into Aldis Farm (on a sharp bend) and walk down this concrete, then gravel, drive, past the farm shop and café. At the end turn left into Yelverton Road. Continue downhill and after a driveway on the left with an imposing brick gateway, and up a slight incline, take the public footpath on the right. Keep the hedge on your right. Be aware there are a number of tree roots to navigate. There is a seat half way up this path dedicated to a Mr Alston, who was a Parish Councillor for 50 years. 05. At the end, cross over wooden planks over a ditch. Note: This is part of the other Framingham Earl walk. Turn right onto Gull Lane and after a short distance turn left onto a woodland path and follow until you reach St Andrew’s Church, veering to the left of the church to reach the car park, the start of the walk. Note: the ditches, old trees and old coppice stools either side of this path indicate it could be an ancient route. The unusual church is a Victorian replacement for an earlier church.
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