Edenham – Scottlethorpe – Auster Lodge – Edenham
Distance: 6 miles / 10 km
Going: Easy going – muddy in places when wet
Start: Edenham Village Hall car park
1. Turn left out of the car park and walk past the Vicarage entrance onto the main road. Turn left again and cross over the road. Take the first left towards Scottlethorpe.
2. Keep on the road towards and through Scottlethorpe onto a well- maintained concrete road past a gate/barrier and a house. Downhill over the small bridge, climbing back up towards a wood.
3. Turn left at the footpath sign just before you enter the wood towards Scottlethorpe Grange.
4. At Scottlethorpe Grange, go to the left of the hedge and over a stile following the footpath straight ahead then bending to the left and diagonally across a field (if it is very muddy, you could keep to the right of the field and follow the field line anti-clockwise to the bottom point of the field).
5. Turn right following the footpath signs towards the ford then left to a small wooden bridge. Cross the bridge and turn right keeping close to the Rough Hills Plantation fence line.
6. Turn slightly left at the end of the plantation and head for the bridge crossing the river once more. (Be careful not to head for the other crossing slightly to the right which is, initially, easier to see). Climb the hill following the footpath towards Auster Lodge.
7. As you enter Auster Lodge go past the first shed turning slightly right then left again between the buildings onto the road. Follow the “Toft” road to the A151 then back to Edenham and the car park.
8. Should you not wish to take the grass verge along the A151, you can take the signed footpath just before the junction back towards Scottlethorpe, turning right at the road and retracing your steps to the car park.