The National Forest

• Visit and Explore

• Walking in The National Forest

• Short Walks
• Calke Walk
• Coton Circular
• Donisthorpe
• Monks and Moorings
• Mythaholme
• Newfield and Stonepit
• Saltersford

Short walks (3 to 7 miles)

Donisthorpe

Length: 3.3 mile circuit
Parking: Available at Conkers Discovery Centre off Rawdon Road (B586); Donisthorpe Woodland Park; Saltersford Valley and at Oakthorpe Picnic site.

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Calke Walk

Length: 4 mile circuit
Parking: Available at both Staunton Harold and Foremark Reservoirs (parking charge) and at Ticknall Village Hall on Ingleby Lane.

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Mythaholme

Length: 4 mile circuit
Parking: You can either start at the Crown Inn car park in Post Office Road in Alrewas (if wishing to park a car, please ask for permission from the licensee), or at the National Memorial Arboretum, off the A513.

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Newfield and Stonepit

Length: 4 mile circuit
Parking: Available at Conkers Discovery Centre off Rawdon Road (B586); Donisthorpe.

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Coton Circular

Length: 6 mile circuit
Parking: At Coton Wood on the edge of Coton-inthe-Elms (SK246148); Beehive Wood (SK257156) and Grangewood Farm Forestry on Coalpit Lane (SK266143).

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Monks and Moorings

Length: 6.5 mile circuit
Parking: Branston Water Park, reached by car off the A38 northbound. Follow the brown tourism signs. Access by foot is via the subway under the A38 from Tatenhill Lane in Branston. Shobnall Leisure Complex – from A38 Branston turnoff, follow Wellington Road to the roundabout with Shobnall Road, turn left and then right into the Leisure Complex opposite Marstons Brewery.

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Saltersford

Length: 6.5 mile circuit
Parking: Available at Conkers Discovery Centre off Rawdon Road (B586); Donisthorpe Woodland Park; Saltersford Valley and at Oakthorpe Picnic site.

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