COUNTRY WALK


Saturday action at pretty Edwinstowe Cricket Ground, on the edge of Sherwood Forest.


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an there be a more beautiful cricket ground in Notts than Edwinstowe’s? Shaded to the south by the trees


surrounding the craft centre and flanked to the north by the grand oaks of Sherwood Forest, the slightly sunken saucer of a ground offers boundary vantage points through 360 degrees. The adjoining car park is our starting point for an exploration of Sherwood Forest. From the south-east corner of the cricket ground find the bridleway running NNW through Queen Oak Plantation and the sandy heathland of Budby Forest South where Longhorn cattle graze in the heather. Follow the bridleway to a multiple junction


of ways at 615694, the south-east corner of Ladysmith Plantation. Here, turn left and head west on the bridleway that heads into Holborn Hill Plantation. At the crossing of ways at 604695 go north on the track marked as a traffic-free cycle route, cross the River Meden and Netherfield Lane and continue NNW on Budby Drive to meet the A616 at Hazel Gap. Turn left and walk down the verge for a few


yards and pick up the public footpath running SW down the boundary of Gleadthorpe Breck Plantation. The woodland to the right, I was advised by notice, was the setting for war games. No cannon fire was to be heard so perhaps they meant paint-ball manoeuvres. The public footpath continues SW towards the old pit village of Meden Vale. The spoil heap of Welbeck Colliery is the dominant


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GL ADE T I D I N GS


Edwinstowe and Meden Vale A6075


MEDEN VA L E


River Meden


S h e r wo o d Fo r e s t


Start, E DW I N S TOW E


Start: Edwinstowe Craft Centre, grid ref 625672 Distance: 9 miles Time: 5 hours Refreshments: Edwinstowe Craft Centre, Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, pubs in Edwinstowe village c e n t re Map: Ordnance Survey Explorer 270 - Sherwood Forest


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