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Dukeries Trail 2: Warsop to Sherwood Forest

Route type	walk/cycle (linear)
Distance	5 miles
Surface and gradients	surfaced paths only and moderate gradient
Parking nearby	yes
	no
On bus routes	yes - plan a journey
On-road sections	yes
Starting point	Hetts Lane, Warsop
OS map number	Explorer 270

Information

Follow the green Dukeries Trail signs for Sherwood Forest, and then Dukeries Trail waymarks. 

The Dukeries Trail is a 32 mile route funded through the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA). Starting at Shirebrook in the west, it runs through the 3 counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire connecting at its east end to an off-road route into the heart of Lincoln. The Dukeries was the name given to the area containing the country estates of Clumber Park, Welbeck Abbey, and Thoresby Park, set up with the profits from the industrial revolution. On the way it passes through Sherwood Forest, as well as relics of the coal mining which funded the Ducal estates.