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Features

Walk the Benefice - No. 2: Ferrensby

The next walk in the occasional series in, around and beyond the
Walkingham Hill Benefice area takes in Ferrensby and Staveley.
Start Location: Ferrensby Grid Ref: SE 378 621
Village Pond Time: 1hr 45m
Distance: 5.25 miles Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Points of Staveley Nature Reserve, Staveley Church,
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Interest: 360 view from mound near Loftus Hill
Refreshments: Royal Oak Staveley, General Tarleton Ferrensby
Route By: Neil Horton No. of Stiles: 1

❶Start at the village pond
5 and head along road to-
4
wards Farnham.
Turn R past last house on R
and follow Knaresborough
Round signs around five
field edges. ❷Before rising
6 up field, turn R through gap
3
7 in hedge and R again
through next hedge then L
along track, up and over to
Staveley Road. ❸Turn R on
road then L towards Cop-

2 grove. Cross bridge, pass
cottages and turn R at foot-
path sign along drive to-
wards Model Farm. Pass to
the L of farm buildings and
continue on track.
❹Shortly after farm build-
Start
1 & Finish ings turn R along field
boundary, with hedge on R.
Continue straight, keeping hedge line on R. ❺Turn R over footbridge into
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