Local walk to Howe from Brooke

Walking for Health Howe from Brooke

REVIEWED BY DOUGIE DINGWALL

VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR AT CENTRAL NORFOLK WELLBEING WALKS

Route by Angela Tregear and Ruth Burn Route checked and photography by Dougie Dingwall

Starting Point: Brooke Village Hall rear car park, Norwich Road Brooke NR15 1AB

Grid Reference: OS Map 237 285992 Walk Length 4.4 Miles / 7 KM

Directions

01. Turn left out of the village hall car park and walk along the pavement to cross the B road using the island. Continue past the garage, then turn right at the crossroads into High Green. Using the pavement when available, continue through the village, taking care at the bend by the derestricted sign.

02. Turn right at the track (Howards Lane) with a fingerpost after Wood Farm House. Continue straight ahead where a track goes to the right, and walk through the woods. This is deeply rutted and parts can be very muddy (wood anemones March/April, bluebells May). Turn right, then left at the end of the wood (marker post); continue past a concrete/earth bridge to the right, then follow the path to the left and turn right after a single tree to the right.

03. Turn left at a marker post and walk across the field towards another marker post (Howe church can be seen in this direction when leaves are not on the trees). Pass through a hedge and walk along a path, initially between the hedge and a fence, and then over grass to reach the road. (Howe Green). Turn left to walk past Howe church on your right, then continue through the village to pass a telephone box on your left. Turn right onto a path with fingerpost immediately before Backwood Lane on your left.

04. Continue along the fieldside path, through a rambler’s gate and then cross a plank bridge with care to reach Dove Lane. Turn right beside a marker post and walk along Dove Lane, crossing Howe Lane to continue on the track. Keep right at a junction of paths and then turn right into Sewell’s Lane after passing a house with metal gates to your left. Continue along this narrow road, past The Rosary and the Natatorium, and cross Howe Lane to continue on a track.

05. Turn left at the single tree, then follow the track round to the right. Very soon, at a concrete/earth bridge on your left, cross to walk straight across a field; leaving through a hedge to walk on a fieldside path with a hedge to your left. Continue along the path, now between hedges, to reach the B road. Cross the road using the island to the right and turn right to walk to the village hall.