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Dukeries Trail 4: Clumber and Thoresby Parks

Route type	walk/cycle (linear)
Distance	3.5 miles
Surface and gradients	surfaced paths only and moderate gradients
Parking nearby	yes
On bus routes	yes - plan a journey
On-road sections	yes
Starting point	Thoresby Courtyard
Cycle hire	No
OS map number	Explorer 270

Information

Follow the green Dukeries Trail waymarks and signs for Clumber and Ollerton.

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.