Walking for health around Shotesham

Walking for Health

Shotesham

REVIEWED BY DOUGIE DINGWALL

VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR AT CENTRAL NORFOLK WALKING FOR HEALTH

Route by Rhona Shuttleworth Route checked and photography by Dougie Dingwall Mapping Crown Copyright

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Walk Information

Starting Point

Free Parking at The Globe, The Street, Shotesham NR15 1YG, Landlord happy for walkers to park there if pub not too busy.

Wheelchair/ Buggy Friendly

No

Grid Reference

OS Map OL40 TM 24493 99429

Walk Length (Miles / Km)

3.3 miles / 5.3 Km

Approx Time

1 hour 20 minutes

Footpath Type / Quality

Bridleways and wooded paths. Stretches of roads. Approx 50% soft surface, 50% roads. The walk is part of the long-distance Boudicca Way and information and signage can be seen along the route.

Gradients

Minor

Steps/Stiles

None

Toilet/Refreshment Facilities

At Globe, opening times Monday to Thursday from 3pm, Friday to Sunday from noon.

Specific Hazards For This Walk

Uneven ground and path runs near to water. Minor traffic on one rural road, otherwise footpaths. Some brambles and nettles in summer. The route can be very muddy in winter.

Directions

01.

At The Globe, turn left onto The Street towards All Saints Church. Turn right just before the church down Roger’s Lane. After about 100 yards, turn left down the tree-lined track though the woods. Keep on the main path, and cross a stream on a plank bridge further along.

02.

At the field, go straight across and at the boundary go over a plank bridge and continue along the path of this field until you come to the Boudicca Way. Turn left along the track and follow the Boudicca Way signs, going straight for some distance.

03.

Pass over a plank bridge, a pond on the left where seating is available, and continue slightly right past a cottage on the left. Continue straight on through a kissing gate until the end of the track where you leave the Boudicca Way and turn left down the path that becomes a track leading to Market Lane.

04.

Turn left into Market Lane and continue along the road which then becomes Brooke Road and then The Street, using the footpaths along these last two roads. Continue all the way down The Street, passing the Alms Houses, now called Trinity Hospital and All Saints Church, until you reach The Globe.